Scorched Earth: Putin's Bid to Weaponize 'Cancel Culture'
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Last Friday Mr. Putin took some time out from his scorched-earth campaign in Ukraine to bitterly complain about Western "cancel culture". The West, he insisted, is out to cancel Russia. Seriously? Is Mr. Putin's sense of cultural grievance genuine? Maybe so. What it refers to, however, is unclear. Certainly, in light of ongoing Russian atrocities in Ukraine, there is bound to be some reactionary antagonism, even fury, throughout the free world. By and large, though, as the NYTimes points out,
Scorched Earth: Putin's Bid to Weaponize 'Cancel Culture'
Scorched Earth: Putin's Bid to Weaponize…
Scorched Earth: Putin's Bid to Weaponize 'Cancel Culture'
Last Friday Mr. Putin took some time out from his scorched-earth campaign in Ukraine to bitterly complain about Western "cancel culture". The West, he insisted, is out to cancel Russia. Seriously? Is Mr. Putin's sense of cultural grievance genuine? Maybe so. What it refers to, however, is unclear. Certainly, in light of ongoing Russian atrocities in Ukraine, there is bound to be some reactionary antagonism, even fury, throughout the free world. By and large, though, as the NYTimes points out,