As we all know, Putin loves to pontificate about the “horrible degradation” of Western societies. Here is just one example from his many speeches on the subject:
“Policies are pursued [in Western countries] that put large families and same-sex partnerships in the same category, belief in God and belief in Satan. Excesses of political correctness reach the poin
t where there are serious discussions on the registration of parties that have propaganda of pedophilia as their objective. People in many European countries are ashamed and afraid of speaking about their religion, holidays are abolished or given other names, names that shyly conceal the nature of those holidays, and aggressive attempts are made to force this model on the rest of the world,” Putin said.
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This is a direct path to degradation and primitiveness, to deep demographic and moral crises,” he said
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Of course, now the Russian mass media are busily looking for proof of the scary Western degradation. This week, for instance, one of the most popular TV channels broadcast a report about a small American boy whose parents decorated the walls in his bedroom with photos of naked men.
“These are the evils of political correctness!” the broadcaster wailed. “Parents subject a 5 – year – old to gay porn just so that nobody would suspect them of disliking gays! Are these the much vaunted values we are supposed to adopt?”
There was ample footage of the boy, the room, and the naked men on the walls to accompany the story.
Of course, bloggers soon found out that the footage had been photoshopped. In the original story, the parents covered the boy’s bedroom walls with decals of cars. The gay porn was introduced into this story by the diseased imagination of the servile Russian newscasters. But since most people in Russia watch TV and don’t read blogs, this fake story was an effective propaganda tool.
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