Thread: Who were demonstrating in Moscow last weekend?

Zhirinovsky is indeed a jester at the king's court. He's allowed to do all sorts of things just because he's always careful not to overdo things and he's extremely loyal. His party in the Duma always votes as it is necessary. Him being a jester doesn't mean he's a fool. Quite the opposite. He's been serving the 'king' for too long though. He's gotten used to serve.
He's very convenient to the 'kings' because him alone joining any oppositional force can ridicule the whole idea of opposition. He steals their slogans then carries them on down to absurdity, then lets it go. And the king can always point at him and say 'Would ya listen to him talking?! Who said we have no opposition? No democracy?'

Originally Posted by Ramil

Zhirinovsky is indeed a jester at the king's court. He's allowed to do all sorts of things just because he's always careful not to overdo things and he's extremely loyal. His party in the Duma always votes as it is necessary. Him being a jester doesn't mean he's a fool. Quite the opposite. He's been serving the 'king' for too long though. He's gotten used to serve.
He's very convenient to the 'kings' because him alone joining any oppositional force can ridicule the whole idea of opposition. He steals their slogans then carries them on down to absurdity, then lets it go. And the king can always point at him and say 'Would ya listen to him talking?! Who said we have no opposition? No democracy?'

Ramil, I'm fully agree with you in this but please, tell us, why did you vote for him back then? I remember that you tried to explain your reasons but they seemed to me rather unconvincing.

Originally Posted by Basil77

Ramil, I'm fully agree with you in this but please, tell us, why did you vote for him back then? I remember that you tried to explain your reasons but they seemed to me rather unconvincing.

Yes, that I did. But as I explained - I voted for him simply to cast my vote away so that it wouldn't have been cast for anyone else.
Still, at least some of his ideas are not too absurd as they might appear at the first glance. Besides, my views changed a bit since then and in December I voted for CPRF (I'm only hoping they will replace Zuganov eventually).