DIXIE CHICKS AND PUSSY RIOT

In the US, when the Dixie Chicks told the truth, Republicans borked* them, and their record sales plummeted. In Russia, when Pussy Riot insulted** Putin, one of the women was sent to a Stalinist Soviet Era reeducation camp.

Using the excuse of meeting sewing goals, the woman was starved, endured wet and cold, was sleep deprived, and had her sewing machine broken to ensure more punishment. You really need to read her account.

I do not understand why anyone in Ukraine would prefer to be treated as Pussy Riot was treated. Most people in Eastern Ukraine moved there so that they would no longer be in Russia. Now some men, who look military trained, are trying to have another province live under Russian control.

If you live in the Ukraine because you wanted to avoid Stalinist labor camps, YOU NEED TO TELL YOUR STORY. By making Russia romantic, you have made your grandchildren vulnerable to Russian propaganda. ONLY YOU can correct this problem. TELL YOUR FAMILY OF THE CONSTANT FEAR YOU FELT WHEN YOU LIVED IN RUSSIA.

* to bork means to smear a political opponent.

** Pussy Riot sang a punk rock song in a Russian cathedral. The song is purported to have insulted Putin. Putin then pretended that he was concerned that the Russian Orthodox Church had been insulted. We all know how much former KGB agents care about the Russian Orthodox Church.