Progressive is an adjective in this context. Your characterization is misleading and incorrect.

OP clearly supports Putin's Russia as a perceived bullwark against NATO.

I didn't catch your apology for the ad hominem. Kindly reply herewith

Criticism of the USSR, Stalin, and Putin is deleted in ml instances. My deletion history proves it.

The representation was inaccurate, as 80% of the 1996 US figure quoted were on probation, not incarcerated.

It's not lazy ragebaiting to verify facts, is it?

And since you're such an expert, which Lemmy user in particular, was insulted? Why is the mere assertion that one works on behalf of an intelligence service considered an insult by a disinterested observer?