There are many faux Putin fans in America—those who mock the hero worship ironically or half-ironically. But plenty of his fans are serious. Three months ago, Americans for Putin, a Facebook group, sprang up "for Americans who admire many of the policies and the leadership style of Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin" and think he "sounds better than the Republicrat establishment." The group has an eight-point policy platform calling for "a unified national culture," a "firm stance against Israeli imperialism," and an opposition to the political correctness it says dominates Washington. Though that group is relatively small (167 likes as of Wednesday afternoon, ticking up every few hours), the Obama's-so-bad-Putin-almost-looks-good sentiment can be found on plenty of conservative message boards. Earlier this year, when Putin supposedly caught—and kissed—a 46-pound pike fish, posters on Free Republic, a major grassroots message board for the Right, were overwhelmingly pro-Putin:

"I wonder what photoup of his vacation will the Usurper show us? Maybe clipping his fingernails I suppose or maybe hanging some curtains. Yep manly. I can't believe I'm siding with Putin," one wrote. "I have President envy," another said. "Better than our metrosexual president," said a third. One riffed that a Putin-Sarah Palin ticket would lead to a more moral United States.

The cult of Putin in America probably has its strongest hold on the readers of ostensibly apolitical humor sites that target young men, such as Cracked and theChive. Cracked's post on why Putin is "The World's Craziest Badass" drew more than 1 million views. TheChive's slide show naming Putin "The Real Life Most Interesting Man in the World" inspired several hundred comments—only a few from Putin-haters distressed to see that he had such a following.

peepaw posted:

lol you had a meltdown over high school geometry

Lykourgos did that?

Ironicwarcriminal posted:

why does the article say 'faux Putin fans' at the beginning and then go on to talk about how people actually do like him? weird

either way, after worthless weak-willed beta parasites like Obama, it's pretty obvious that a lot of people, especially young men whose opportunities for a meaningful personal male rode model have been destroyed by liberal permissiveness, look up to a real man whose values lie in what he does, not what he says.

Also fits into the large amount of Millennial males who worship figures such as Teddy Roosevelt and Andrew Jackson simply for being "badass"

MadMedico posted:

Ironicwarcriminal posted:

why does the article say 'faux Putin fans' at the beginning and then go on to talk about how people actually do like him? weird

either way, after worthless weak-willed beta parasites like Obama, it's pretty obvious that a lot of people, especially young men whose opportunities for a meaningful personal male rode model have been destroyed by liberal permissiveness, look up to a real man whose values lie in what he does, not what he says.


Also fits into the large amount of Millennial males who worship figures such as Teddy Roosevelt and Andrew Jackson simply for being "badass"

men look up to strong men, how shockingly problematic

roseweird posted:

Ironicwarcriminal posted:

weak-willed beta parasites



stop this pua pop psych politics, it's pathetic and misogynist, all this "public office is no place for women or girlymen" shit, how will we ever make any progress if we don't appease angry young men who want to kiss fishes and kick ass ablahblahblahblah

hahaha check out this obama loving liberal here, crying into their wahrugula

roseweird posted:

stop this pua pop psych politics, it's pathetic and misogynist

oh look the literal misandrist is crying about misogyny

Ironicwarcriminal posted:

roseweird posted:

Ironicwarcriminal posted:

weak-willed beta parasites



stop this pua pop psych politics, it's pathetic and misogynist, all this "public office is no place for women or girlymen" shit, how will we ever make any progress if we don't appease angry young men who want to kiss fishes and kick ass ablahblahblahblah

hahaha check out this obama loving liberal here, crying into their wahrugula

is wahrugula the yellow, evil form of arugula?

TG posted:

Ironicwarcriminal posted:

roseweird posted:

Ironicwarcriminal posted:

weak-willed beta parasites



stop this pua pop psych politics, it's pathetic and misogynist, all this "public office is no place for women or girlymen" shit, how will we ever make any progress if we don't appease angry young men who want to kiss fishes and kick ass ablahblahblahblah

hahaha check out this obama loving liberal here, crying into their wahrugula



is wahrugula the yellow, evil form of arugula?

Sinestro Salads are very popular with trendy foodies

roseweird posted:

Ironicwarcriminal posted:

i'm not saying 'what will we do without gi joe', i'm offering up an explanation for why young men look up to him, but you don't want to hear about that because you hate men and masculinity.....and love obama



ok. i love obama. i love how obama's effete personality solicits gender taboo squirming from xbox players and girlfriend posters like you

i'm sorry, from now on i shall fetishize weakness and pathologist strength

roseweird posted:

the young men (that is, yourself) that you are talking about know/understand nothing about putin or his policies, they just know he is outdoorsy, butch, and unsympathetic to gays, and like these things about him. naming these qualities strength, arrogating them to masculinity, and fetishizing them is pathological meatheadedness, yes

the vast majority of Putin's American support didnt appear until the recent Syria issue, in which he almost singlehandedly championed for Peace and narrowly averted WWIII. Hardly the actions of a butch, meatheaded He-Man. I suppose he should endeavor to adopt more of the feminine grace of someone like Hillary Clinton, or Margaret Thatcher?