is he a kind of putin s oligarch. and live a life like other oligarchs lead. chap nin worked with him in a orthodox church. once he rose to the highest rank of patriarch 13 years ago he restructured the church to be more autocratic and in line with putin s vision to recreate imperial russia. is he using religious language for political reasons. after the soviet collapse, the church gained power by promoting conservative values like traditional marriage and gender roles. critics say he justifies supporting the invasion by calling it a pushback against western decadence and liberalism. so the violence that putin is unleashing in ukraine is designed to protect russian speakers from the godless west. church observers sees himself
to fan racial intolerance in hopes that the confederacy will rise again. it is frustrating to recognize. i ve heard this before. it is deeply rooted in the culture and until individuals stand up and own that this is a problem, we will copy to have the problem. he had an opportunity. he did not seize upon it. he should resign. what can we take from this, derek, to begin the conversation, continue the conversation, uplift the conversation? what can we do from this moment and try to make things better? well, this is yet another example of the rise of intolerance and racial hatred in this country particularly with the election of 2016. as citizens we begin to see ta pushback during the midterm. we need to continue to drives the notion the value proposition that policymakers bring to the table should be rooted in our