Comments on: Save money – be smelly like Zhirinovsky

By: Natalie

Natalie — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:43:25 +0000

Chris:

Sorry for misunderstanding your comment earlier. I see what you meant.

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By: Natalie

Natalie — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:42:25 +0000

Yuriy:

If someone has anti-Semitic views but doesn’t ever act on them (as in, they don’t actually commit violence against Jews or anything like that), I can deal with that. I’ll have a little less respect for someone like that, but that’s an ideological difference that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re a terrible person.

But supporting Saddam Hussein? Come on! The man was a disgusting mass-murderer. Anyone who actually supports/likes Saddam really needs to step back and reassess the situation.

Does this mean that a Saddam-supporter is a bad person? I would argue that in most cases, yes. I mean, aren’t supporters of Hitler or Stalin bad people as well? Supporters of mass-murderers tend to condone mass-murdering, so in my view, that’s quite a bad thing. Or, in some cases, they’re misinformed, and don’t realise the terribleness of the evil dictator in question.

And I certainly wouldn’t want an anti-Semite or supporter of Saddam Hussein running my country, that’s for sure.

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By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:03:43 +0000

I’ve been told that off-camera he is very calm and collected.

By: vic

vic — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:23:12 +0000

Zhirinovsky is a great role player for sure. More than this I like many of his pitches despite the fact that I am not the supporter of his political views. But living here in Russia you would agree with him in many cases because what he says is a simple truth;-) He is great in his performances.

I do not know what the person he is, but I heard that people who met him in real life describe him as a quiet and humble person…

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By: Yuriy Moshkovskiy

Yuriy Moshkovskiy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:59:46 +0000

Natalie, just because someone supports Saddam or has Anti-Semetic views doesn’t warrent them to be labeled as a bad person. You make it seem as though anyone with a different perspective from yours deserves a generalized label. I’m certain that you yourself have many affinities towards shady affliations in the eyes of others, case in point here is STOP being a generalizing labeler of people. It’s not classy.

On topic, this politician has a warped view of saving rubbles. There really is no need to shave every other day or not cut your hair because inthe grand scheme of things this is trivial to the actual economic crisis.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:35:28 +0000

Exactly.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:09:08 +0000

The consumate politician…

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:27:26 +0000

Well yeah, but what I’m saying is that he doesn’t HAVE any views. He’s an actor. He plays an ultranationalist on TV.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:32:34 +0000

That doesn’t preclude him from having anti-Semitic views.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:25:12 +0000

He’s a Jew.