Alexei Navalny: Join the Club of Russian Victims and Martyrs, A Terribly Long List 

    Every country has its sins and faults, cardinal and venal, as it were. The United States has its victims, which are numerous and hard to keep track of.

    Say their names guys, like Eric Garner, George Floyd, Michael Brown, the young man down in Florida. The one that President Obama could have looked like him. Trayvon. 

    The above men and boys were guys of color who were either breaking the law, and then got killed by police, in disputed cases, but they are people who are marginal in the societies and ended up dying in tragedy. I imagine things like this happen in Russia, but those who protest the law enforcement may not have many rights. I do not know.

    But a lot worse than the United States, people of primary respect and status who are not breaking any laws, like the ones listed above who stole a cigar box, or used a counterfeit bill while high and resisted arrest, or sold illegal cigarettes on the street, or wandered while high through a tranquil neighborhood under watch. I know that these cases are controversial.

    Then there is a man in Russia like Alexei. What did he do? He opposed the supreme leader, Vladimir. Putin.

    

    A real killer. He kills in wars and upon individuals that threaten his reign, his rule of his country. Free speech? Not really. The U.S. Constitution has had little effect on the Russkies. Or, maybe it has turned them to go down more despotic and oppressive paths, to the left or the right, or the deadly dialectic marching down the middle.

    Our lovely, deadly, awful Russia.

    Rest in peace, Mr. Navalny. May your spark of life and love of freedom continue to make your country better for now and into the future.

    As of 2024, you have joined the sad list of awful outcomes of brave men and women.

    Russia, we are still waiting for real greatness.