Like you, I've managed to navigate myself through the minefield of various activist groups I also subscribed to, at least in concept... It appears, to me, that

Like you, I've managed to navigate myself through the minefield of various activist groups I also subscribed to, at least in concept... It appears, to me, that one's alliances are teaching moments (months, years) that lead to a rather enticing, surreptitious, inward analysis of of the logic and values one considers primary. >>There is simply no excuse to support an authoritarian, homophobic, violent, quasi-theocratic, terrorizing gangsterist regime like Putin's... Not to pat each other on the back, but we are in agreement. To bring it down to a more simplistic, humane POV, follow the Golden Rule: do unto others etc... Russia has failed at the first 3 words of that written/said idea of reciprocity and is unfortunately, damn proud of it.