This Video Proves Trolling Russia Is Better Than Boycotting It

Former New Republic staffer and conservative writer James Kirchick went on Russia Today today to talk about the Bradley Manning verdict. Instead, he popped on a pair of rainbow suspenders and began to troll the RT anchors for two and a half minutes about everything: the anti-gay law, about the fact that RT is a Kremlin propaganda channel, about what happens to journalists in Russia

This segment brought me pure, analloyed joy for several reasons. One, RT is a ridiculous sham of an organization where "whataboutism" reigns supreme. It unintentionally produces segments—like this one on America's colonization of Sweden ("The United States of Swedamerica")—that seem like they were picked up off the cutting room floor at The Colbert Report Read more...