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Omaha Steve

(99,707 posts) Sat Jun 6, 2015, 10:12 AM Jun 2015

5 police reportedly injured in Kiev gay march clash

Source: AP

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Opponents of a gay rights march held in Ukrain's capital have thrown smoke bombs and tear gas and the Interfax news agency cites police as saying five officers were injured in the clash.

Other reports said four of the estimated 300 marchers also were injured.

The march took place Saturday morning along the Dnipro River in Kiev. Helmeted riot police formed a cordon to keep marchers and opponents at a distance from each other. The opponents threw smoke bombs and some tried to break through the cordon. Some demonstrators were attacked after the march dispersed.

As in other parts of the former Soviet Union, animosity to homosexuals persists. The tensions are aggravated by opponents' claims that Ukraine's political turn toward the West will promote gay marriage.

Policemen detain opponents of a gay rights march, in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, June 6, 2015. Opponents of a gay rights march held in the Ukrainian capital have thrown smoke bombs and tear gas and the Interfax news agency cites police as saying five officers were injured in the clash. (AP Photo/Vladimir Donsov)

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9f51210d0af74a00b1921c763e295f9c/5-police-reportedly-injured-kiev-gay-march-clash

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5 police reportedly injured in Kiev gay march clash (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2015 OP

No one, anywhere, for any reason The Green Manalishi Jun 2015 #1

How did the march in Russia go Duckhunter935 Jun 2015 #2

It's always one of the more twisted claims. Igel Jun 2015 #3

How can anyone get that upset over what consensual adults do in their private lives? PersonNumber503602 Jun 2015 #4

The Green Manalishi

(1,054 posts)

1. No one, anywhere, for any reason

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2015, 10:39 AM

Jun 2015

should be allowed to prevent others from expressing their viewpoint in public.

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)

2. How did the march in Russia go

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2015, 10:57 AM

Jun 2015

Igel

(35,356 posts)

3. It's always one of the more twisted claims.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2015, 11:17 AM

Jun 2015

Kyiv is fascist.

Fascists killed millions of gay men and women in prison camps.

Kyiv wants to be like "Gayropa" ... Because Kyiv is fascist.

The good, moral non-fascists engage in gay-bashing and a return to the enforcement of traditional values and the banning of contrary speech and practices.

As progressives, we fight fascism. Therefore, as good progressives, we must support those who push for state-run programs to enforce Russian Orthodoxy, limit freedom of thought, and who not just beat gays and raid clubs but even make positive mentions of homosexuality illegal.

People "think" at the level of words, which are strings of sounds (or letters, if we're reading) that constitute symbols with conventionally assigned meanings and referents. We then stick to the words even as we let the meanings shift and change in unexpected ways. Yes, it's a standard fallacy, one of the simplest to catch in many ways, but an alluring one if you're committed to form and not substance.

PersonNumber503602

(1,134 posts)

4. How can anyone get that upset over what consensual adults do in their private lives?

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Jun 6, 2015, 11:57 AM

Jun 2015

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