Knowing Putin’s rhetoric, “the western oligarchs” can very easily become a dog whistle for “Jewish Globalists” and by extension the “evil western LGBT degeneracy”.
I take anything Putin says with a grain of salt. I’ll believe him when he shows his hand and true face.
The fall of the Soviet Union created a broken generation that had to grasp on to any explanation for their suffering. This, coupled with cultural diffusion from the West and the rising power of the Eastern Orthodox Church made a prime breeding ground of Anti-LGBT, Nazi, nationalist, and religious extremist sentiment. The origin of queerphobia means little to the people that believe it, mostly because they believe that it is ordained by God, and the only way to save their nation.
I believe you can separate queerphobia from religion, the two are obviously deeply intertwined but they can be pried apart. There are many who are queerphobic who are not religious at all, too.
I’ve never seen a single queerphobic person who wasn’t religious on some level tbh it’s usually some bullshit about being “natural”, which always boils down to the Adam and Eve myth
Knowing Putin’s rhetoric, “the western oligarchs” can very easily become a dog whistle for “Jewish Globalists” and by extension the “evil western LGBT degeneracy”.
I take anything Putin says with a grain of salt. I’ll believe him when he shows his hand and true face.
It’s wild to me that they talk like queerphobia isn’t a western invention
The fall of the Soviet Union created a broken generation that had to grasp on to any explanation for their suffering. This, coupled with cultural diffusion from the West and the rising power of the Eastern Orthodox Church made a prime breeding ground of Anti-LGBT, Nazi, nationalist, and religious extremist sentiment. The origin of queerphobia means little to the people that believe it, mostly because they believe that it is ordained by God, and the only way to save their nation.
Great breakdown. Informative, thank you.
Can’t really argue with people who believe things there’s no evidence for unfortunately
I believe you can separate queerphobia from religion, the two are obviously deeply intertwined but they can be pried apart. There are many who are queerphobic who are not religious at all, too.
I’ve never seen a single queerphobic person who wasn’t religious on some level tbh it’s usually some bullshit about being “natural”, which always boils down to the Adam and Eve myth