I read Pasha Danilin’s article, “Enemies and the Rotten Intelligentsia.” Yes, rotten indeed, rotten. Since Ilyich’s time (Lenin’s patronymic nickname), nothing new can be said here. It’s a bit unclear why one must be either part of the rotten intelligentsia or else: “We are not ashamed that we support Putin. We are proud of it. It is precisely this pride in our country, in the president, in ourselves, that most often provokes desperate malice, fits, and hysterics in our intelligentsia.” Since leteha’s text is a substantial one, you could even call it programmatic, I wouldn’t dare engage with it in any serious polemic. I could never write that many clever letters in my life. So instead I have a video response to Pavel Danilin. Or rather, I borrowed this video response from Nikita belyh, who has now become the main enemy of a Russia that is “rising from its knees” (a common patriotic slogan). But this clip hasn’t been shown anywhere yet. So this is an exclusive. Friends! Those who are supposedly not part of the “rotten intelligentsia,” but also aren’t ready to “not be ashamed that they support Putin”! Don’t look for arguments for why you shouldn’t support Putin and United Russia! Or rather, don’t look for rational arguments! They may be the most logical, but they are not the most convincing! In the attached video there is one fact that will turn you away from the Kremlin power vertical forever. If you agree with the idea behind this video, then post it in your journals, share it on social networks, send links to your acquaintances over ICQ! Mordor will be crushed!!! And Pavel Danilin will be hired by the online magazine Grani.ru P.S. The clip will also appeal to everyone who loves fluffy and soft things (aww).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MQEqJjF8HU