Is it insane to protest against the Russian government?

A man who was protesting against the Russian government last year, and found guilty of beating a policeman during that incident, was sentenced to forced psychiatric treatment.

 http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57606559/russian-activist-mikhail-kosenko-sentenced-to-forced-psychiatric-treatment/

There are several issues I have with this story. Let's deal with the police beating part of it, since that is the more serious of the two "crimes."
1. There's evidence that shows that Kosenko never even touched the police officer who was beaten.
"The majority of the evidence, including from the police officer himself, indicates that Kosenko never touched him," Tanya Lokshina, the rights group's Russia program director, said in the statement.

Sounds like the autocratic Russian government just wanted to punish Kosenko for his activist activities, and just made up this charge so they could stick him with something.

2. But let's say Kosenko did beat the police officer. Is it a crime to defend yourself against a government goon who is going to beat you up, simply because you are using your freedom of expression?
There is an overwhelming amount of evidence that the Russian government is militant, repressive, and theocratic. One must only look at places such as Freedom House or Human Rights Watch to see their long list of crimes.
Every human is entitled to certain rights, regardless of whether the government of the country they're living in, says it's legal or not. Therefore, when the Russian government thugs, a.k.a, cops, came to break up that protest in May of 2012, Kosenko, along with everyone else that was with him, still had their unalienable right to freedom of expression. If that police officer attacked Kosenko, he had the right to defend himself. Therefore, even if Kosenko beat up that police officer, he was still justified. I think you guys would agree that Kosenko shouldn't have just sat there and get his ass handed to him. If you believe that Konsenko was not justified, then you believe that, due to Kosenko political beliefs, he is a legitimate target of genocide, because the police officer, in his beating of Kosenko, could easily kill him. And that, sir and madams, is fascism.

3. It is not insane to protest and/or use force to defend yourself from a violent, corrupt, autocratic, non-legitimate regime.
As I have said in many past posts, it is logical and rational to fight against an entity that is taking away your human rights. For centuries, men and women have taken up arms against oppressive governments. People have a primeval yearning to control their own affairs; it is against nature to want to control them. Do not believe the mainstream media, (MSM), which brainwashes people into thinking that using force in self-defense is barbaric and terrorism. They are doing that to soften people up so that they will not resist the government when it slowly, bit by bit, takes away our human rights.
There is reason why protest groups, who want to be committed to a policy of non-violence, have to train their members to be non-violent even in the face of police breaking up their rally. It is because non-violence is contrary to the vast majority of peoples' instincts. It is normal, mainstream, to fight to protect yourself. But the MSM is trying to tell everyone that it's exactly the opposite! They're trying to say that non-violence is the norm, and that people have to be exposed to "extremist ideology" or "radical thought" in order for them to use force in self-defense! 
Therefore, the punishment of forced psychiatric treatment for Kosenko, who did a logical and rational action, is totally illogical. It's Russia's way of saying "resistance against us is insane. The only rational thing is doing everything we say." It seems Russia has changed little from when it was the Soviet Union.   

What can we ordinary Americans do to help Kosenko and other people who are opposed to Russian fascism? Well, very little, unfortunately. That's the sad truth. America has little to no control over what Russia does, especially in internal affairs. But what we can do is this:

• Spread the word about this story. Have you seen this in any MSM newspaper or website? (Besides CBS obviously). Didn't think so. Simply sharing the CBS story on FB, Twitter, heck even Tumblr, whatever social media you use, will let people read this story who may have otherwise never came across it. 
• Follow Human Right Watch's campaign for Mikhail Kosenko, as well as news from Amnesty International. If you can afford to and agree with these group's values, consider donating to them.
• Present a counter-argument against people who say along the lines of "Only governments can use violence, if a person does it, it's terrorism." This is what I did here in this post, is present a counter-argument and defense for Kosenko. Go ahead, you can do it as well. Use my points if you want to, I don't care, it's not like I copyright any of this shit. 
• Demand that the United States government not conduct any business with Russia. Our American values tell us that we cannot do business with freedom hating governments, because the money we give them can be used to stifle dissent and destroy liberty. I, for one, do not want that on my conscious. On principle, we must isolate Russia until they change their ways, or weaken them enough that a more freedom loving group comes into power. The fact that America does so much business with Russia makes us guilty in the oppression of the Russian people. We are financing their suffering. IT'S GOT TO FUCKING STOP!!  

   

Jordanian Dictator Doesn’t Get the Memo: Jordanians Want Democracy, not Appeasement

          First of all, before we go into the story at all, let’s get one thing straight. “King” Abdullah of Jordan is a dictator. The Western media calls him a king, to somehow make him look better than and not as cruel as the word “dictator” sounds. They do this because Abdullah is an ally of the U.S., (a.k.a does whatever the U.S. tells him to do in exchange for political, economic and military support), and as per U.S. policy, our allies never do anything wrong, ever.

          Let’s not kid ourselves here. Abdullah has absolute power over Jordan. He can dissolve anyone in the government at any time for any reason. He is not elected; he inherited his title. He is not held accountable for anything he does; neither the parliament nor the constitution can check or balance his powers at all. He received $1.02 billion dollars from the U.S. in military aid in 2009, $843 million in 2010, and an estimated $682 million in 2011, (calculations are not completely done yet for 2011). 

         

          Guess what he does with all that military aid we give him every year? If you follow my blog at all, you will know the answer to this question, and you will know that this answer fucking infuriates me more than anything else related to U.S. policy. He uses that money to pay and arm his police thugs, who violently beat up peaceful protesters, kidnap political opposition members, (often torturing them), rape women, and assassinate anyone who he deems is a “security threat,” (a.k.a. anyone who disagrees with him). 

          He uses that money to buy weapons and military vehicles from many developed countries, to completely dissuade anyone from taking up arms against the dictatorship. The military oppresses the Jordanian people, taking away their most basic human rights, leaving them at the mercy of the government. They can’t vote for their leader; Abdullah has that title for life, and then when he dies, the title just goes to his heir. They have no say in how they are governed. Sure, they “vote” for the parliament, but the parliament is completely subservient to Abdullah. They have no power, save what he feels like giving to them at a moment where it is convenient for him.

          Now that we have that established, let’s go to the main part of this post. There have been recent protests in Amman demanding political reform and that the dictator has less power.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/05/world/jordan-protest/index.html

 

           Abdullah is trying to appease them, dissolving parliament and calling for new elections. But the protesters are not satisfied with that, because that does absolutely nothing. Abdullah doesn’t want to face the fact that Jordanians want him OUT, and to bring in fair and free elections to elect their own leaders. Some of them want a liberal democracy based on Western governments, others want a constitutional monarchy, and still some others want a Sharia-based government. Whatever type of government they choose in free and fair elections will be a democracy because that is the type of government the people rightly and legitimately chose. It doesn’t have to be a liberal, Western-styled democracy to be a democracy.  

          The Western media has been largely mute on the Jordanian protests since the start of the Arab Spring. That is because reporting on the protests would make our U.S. ally look bad, so they ignore it, as the Western media is not allowed to make our “allies” look bad. They also point to the fact that there have not been as many protests in Jordan as say, Egypt or Yemen. Their conclusion is that most Jordanians are content with the government since they are not coming out in large numbers.

          But that’s not the case. The reason why there have not been as many protests is because the Jordanian security forces have a stranglehold on anyone who opposes them. They kidnap and torture protest organizers before they even get onto the streets. They snuff out any opposition before it can get anything going. They buy off people who would oppose them. They brutally crack down on the small amount of protests that have popped up, to scare other people to not oppose the government. The government has been quite effective in keeping a tight lid on dissatisfaction, because they know that if they let things grow too much, they’re going to end up like Tunisia or Egypt, or maybe even Libya or Syria, if the opposition decides to take up arms against them.

          Other bigoted, xenophobic Americans are saying that these protests are only a radical Islamic ploy to overthrow the Jordanian government and start an extremist jihadi government in its place. That statement is delegitimizing the rightful and logical complaints that the Jordanian people have with their government. It’s saying that if you are a Jordanian and you oppose the government, you are not standing for freedom or democracy. You are not demanding your basic human rights. Your claims are not legitimate. Instead, you are a radical Islamic terrorist who just wants to kill Americans.

          These Americans do not believe that Muslims are human enough to deserve human rights; therefore, they do not deserve to choose their own leader and government, so they’re perfectly fine with giving millions of dollars to Abdullah so he can rule Jordan with an iron fist. Then they act all surprised when Jordanians show hostility to them: “What? Why do you hate us so much? All we did was finance a dictator that has been oppressing and torturing you guys for decades, so what? No big deal, stop protesting for democracy and freedom, and start doing everything we say!”

          We, as principled Americans, should not just stand by and let this happen. We must support our Jordanian brothers and sisters who just want the same basic human rights that we enjoy every day. We must help make their voices heard, as they have many powerful governments and medias working against them. We must counter the bigoted statements that our fellow countrymen say about them. We must demand an end to U.S. military aid to Jordan, because that “aid” is being used in actions that are in direct violations of our principles, morals and beliefs.

          The Jordanian government is not our “ally.” They do not care about us. All they care about is getting as much as our money as they can so they can further cement their despotic rule over their own people. They are opposed to democracy and freedom, which makes them our enemies. We have no right to tell the Jordanian people what they can or cannot do. All we can do is support them in their endeavors that agree with our principles, morals and beliefs. And what they’re working towards is the exact same thing that our founding fathers worked towards: democracy, freedom, liberty and justice for all.