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> Traditional Russian ... values are under active attack from the USA and its allies, as well as from transnational corporations and foreign NGOs,’ ... It defin

> Traditional Russian ... values are under active attack from the USA and its allies, as well as from transnational corporations and foreign NGOs,’ ... It defines ‘Russian values’ as ‘life, dignity, rights, freedoms’ as well as ‘high ethical ideals, a strong family, prioritising the spiritual over the material, humanism, kindness, justice, collectivism and patriotism’. I cannot disagree with much of what is said here (even that I guess that strong family is just a short hand for anti-gay, so maybe I am missing other 'eufemismes'). But, to reduce corruption would be the first step. As 'prioritising the spiritual over the material' is not compatible with corruption. Life, freedom and dignity are not compatible either with executing journalists and opositors. I can understand the will for information sovereignty. But it just seems an excuse to avoid international accountability. Facebook is not cited in the article, I guess that USA corporations are not so bad if they are willing to share data with the Russian government.

bobthechef 5y ago
> even that I guess that strong family is just a short hand for anti-gay, so maybe I am missing other 'eufemismes' Pro-family is anti-LGBT only incidentally as a conceptual consequence. It is not as if pro-family was some invention confected just to stick it to the gays. According to natural law theory, the family (traditionally understood) is the basic unit of society, the rest of society and the human race functioning as the extended family ("natural" here means entailed by human nature; we can do all sorts of unnatural things, but they are harmful to us and do not help us in genuinely flourishing as human beings as conformity with nature does). The only reason something like "pro-family" has become a term is because the natural family has become the target of ideological attack.
- trasz 5y ago
  “Pro-family” is an euphemism used pretty exclusively by religious extremists to condone homophobia. Well, sometimes also to draw attention away from the fact their role models are child rapists. If anything, the anti-LGBT actions are against the family: their only purpose is to make life harder for LGBT families.
GoblinSlayer 5y ago
Weak family aka divorce revolution is a radfem idea, see e.g. Barbara Ehrenreich in "Re-Making Love: The Feminization of Sex" (1986) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385184999/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385184999/ "Independence, even in straitened and penurious forms, still offers more sexual freedom than affluence gained through marriage and dependence on one man". https://www.amazon.com/Abolition-Marriage-Destroy-Lasting-Love/dp/0895264641 https://www.amazon.com/Abolition-Marriage-Destroy-Lasting-Lo... "Marriage is disappearing as a cultural norm in America, with disastrous consequences for the social and economic stability that depend on it".

bobthechef 5y ago

> even that I guess that strong family is just a short hand for anti-gay, so maybe I am missing other 'eufemismes' Pro-family is anti-LGBT only incidentally as a conceptual consequence. It is not as if pro-family was some invention confected just to stick it to the gays. According to natural law theory, the family (traditionally understood) is the basic unit of society, the rest of society and the human race functioning as the extended family ("natural" here means entailed by human nature; we can do all sorts of unnatural things, but they are harmful to us and do not help us in genuinely flourishing as human beings as conformity with nature does). The only reason something like "pro-family" has become a term is because the natural family has become the target of ideological attack.

trasz 5y ago
“Pro-family” is an euphemism used pretty exclusively by religious extremists to condone homophobia. Well, sometimes also to draw attention away from the fact their role models are child rapists. If anything, the anti-LGBT actions are against the family: their only purpose is to make life harder for LGBT families.

GoblinSlayer 5y ago

Weak family aka divorce revolution is a radfem idea, see e.g. Barbara Ehrenreich in "Re-Making Love: The Feminization of Sex" (1986) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385184999/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385184999/ "Independence, even in straitened and penurious forms, still offers more sexual freedom than affluence gained through marriage and dependence on one man". https://www.amazon.com/Abolition-Marriage-Destroy-Lasting-Love/dp/0895264641 https://www.amazon.com/Abolition-Marriage-Destroy-Lasting-Lo... "Marriage is disappearing as a cultural norm in America, with disastrous consequences for the social and economic stability that depend on it".