Putin rails against cancel culture and suggests teaching gender fluidity to kids is a 'crime against humanity'
https://www.businessinsider.com/putin-slams-cancel-culture-and-supporters-of-transgender-rights-2021-10
Putin on Thursday slammed cancel culture and supporters of transgender rights. Putin has been condemned worldwide over his anti-LGBTQ policies and rhetoric.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday took aim at "cancel culture" and supporters of transgender rights, suggesting that teaching gender fluidity is a "crime against humanity" while stating that Russia should maintain its "spiritual values and historical traditions," per The Washington Post.
Speaking at the the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, Putin said that some Westerners believe "the aggressive deletion of whole pages of their own history, reverse discrimination against the majority in the interests of minorities … constitute movement toward public renewal."
"It's their right, but we are asking them to steer clear of our home. We have a different viewpoint," Putin added.
The Russian leader, whose opponents have often ended up dead or imprisoned, likened "cancel culture" to reverse racism. He said the "emphasizing of the racial topic divides people."
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