Putin the voice of conservatism.

Yeah I know.  Putin is ex kgb.  If there really were such a thing as ex kgb.  But most if not all leaders are corrupt to some degree so the main thing we have to judge them by is their words and deeds.  Putin's got a right head about the liberal agenda: if adults want to be this or that apart from the norm, let them do it and wish them happiness.  But don't try to indoctrinate children.  He makes this clear in his response to Elton John's accusations about maltreatment of the far far left.  He acknowledged Elton John as a musical genius whose songs essentially make the world a better place.  These are not the words of a hater.  This is just telling the plain truth of a thing without any fancy words, games, or obfuscations.  Putin even declared respect for Sir Elton.  Again, this is something you rarely hear from Putin and something you never hear from LGBTQ_eieio hater.  "Putin said Russian authorities had a "relaxed and unprejudiced" attitude towards LGBT people, but decisions about gender identity could only be made by adults and therefore minors need to be "left alone".   Russian law bans "propaganda of homosexuality among minors".

I could not agree with Putin any more on this item.  Some people are in fact born that way.  Others, however, are fooled into thinking they will fit in with a clique.   There are a lot of people who get caught up in the lifestyle in youth only to find out later on that it was not for them.  And in the vast majority of those cases, the experience leaves the victimized youth with mental damage that can last a lifetime.  I've seen it happen in my own family so I'm not just guessing here.  Far left indoctrination of youth is a search for easy victims, nothing more, nothing less.  But after a person reaches adulthood then let them do what they want.

By the way, when I refer to LGBTQ_eieio I'm not mocking the individuals but rather the notion that they all individually deserve or warrant their own special label and thus special treatment, which eventually results in special treatment under the law.  NOBODY deserves special treatment.  No I don't owe reparations to indians for Andrew Jackson stealing their lands and killing their people.  They were here first. They held the high ground.  When they saw conquistadores with weapons killing their people and taking their land they should have gathered as a single force and wiped north america clear of anyone from Europe.  I don't make the rules.  I'm just telling it like it is.  Life is hard.  If you want to be in charge then you can't be passive when you are attacked.

Nor do I owe reparations to blacks whose tribes sold them into slavery here in the USA.  They should have gathered in their own lands and killed every chief who was making bank off of their lives.  But they were afraid of dying and so they accepted slavery.  It was a suck deal but then again I know many who died from cancer.  That was a suck deal too.  It's called life.

And what about the Chinese who worked like dogs building our railroads and dams and infrastructure?  You never hear about them but they were abused as well.  How about some reparations for them?

NO.  No special treatment for past or present "victim" groups.  Work to improve your life without special help from government and then you will actually deserve what you have.  And if someone comes to take it from you, be prepared in advance to put them down like a sick dog.  That is the lesson of history for those who care about such things.