The number of Americans who consider patriotism, religion, and other key “American values” important has fallen since the late 1990s and plummeted in the last four years, if a new Wall Street Journal poll is to be believed. Published on Monday, the poll found that the percentage of Americans who …
Read More »How game companies twist Pride Month values for profit
Every year when the month of June comes around, there is a change in the air – everything is rainbow-coloured and paraded, and every corporation puts its best inclusivity hat on. The whole world, and especially the US, is no stranger to commercial exploitation of holidays. In that regard, the …
Read More »EU ‘spat’ on its own values – Medvedev
European governments have “spat” on their own environmental values by embracing US oil extracted with the help of fracking technology, Russia’s former president has claimed. In a Telegram post titled “It’s not personal, just business” published on Monday, Dmitry Medvedev, who served as Russia’s president from 2008 till 2012 and …
Read More »Russia sets out difference between ‘traditional values’ & foreign ‘amorality’
Russia’s Ministry of Culture has published a draft order setting out “traditional values” that it says must be protected from encroachment by foreign ideas, terrorists, and extremists amid a “global crisis” for public morality. The document was posted on the ministry’s website this week for consultation, ahead of being presented …
Read More »Good old guns suddenly replace liberal values in this Blue state
By now, most people are familiar with the extreme liberal reaction to the death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer on May 25, 2020. Democratic-controlled cities and states, taking their cue from Black Lives Matter activists, went on a nationwide campaign to purge law enforcement …
Read More »EU no longer cares about supposed ‘values’ – Kremlin on RT DE situation
Moscow-based channel RT DE was taken off air by the European satellite service Eutelsat on Wednesday. The operator said it had done so at the request of Germany’s media regulator, MABB, as well as that of the EU-wide body the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services. Speaking to NTV …
Read More »Why have Russians rejected the West’s ‘values?’
However, more than thirty years on and it is clear that Russians are in no hurry to emulate the liberal systems of countries like the US. One poll, released last month, revealed that nearly half of Russians say they don’t hold democratic values. Many Western pundits would quickly blame this …
Read More »Capitol storming was ‘attack’ on NATO values, secretary general says
During the ‘Axios on HBO’ interview, which aired on Sunday, Stoltenberg said he regarded the Capitol storming “as an attack on the core democratic institutions of the United States and therefore also on core values of NATO.” Despite his concern over the incident – in which supporters of former President …
Read More »Slovenian PM says EU’s ‘imaginary values’ could trigger ‘collapse’ of bloc, amid Hungary LGBT row
Sandwiched between Italy, Austria, Hungary, and Croatia, Slovenia is a tiny country of 2.1 million people. However, for the next six months, it will set the agenda of the European Council. Speaking after his country assumed the council’s rotating presidency last week, Jansa made it clear that his priorities might …
Read More »Love thy neighbor? Putin says religious values of ‘mercy’ & support for vulnerable underpin Russian civilization through history
In a speech to social workers on Tuesday, marking the profession’s national day of recognition, Putin emphasized the importance of helping the vulnerable. “The very values of mercy, love for one’s neighbor, and support for those in need bind and consolidate the entire centuries-old history of our people. They constitute …
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