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In reply to the discussion: Video Depicts Horrific Attack on Gay Man in Russia [View all]Violet_Crumble
(36,003 posts)People were talking about this issue (anti-gay laws and discrimination in Russia) long before Syria or even Snowden. And people are going to continue to talk about it, despite attempts by some to get us to stop talking about it. I was told by someone here at DU only a few weeks ago that talking about it put gays in Russia in danger and that they'd asked that people stop talking about it. As I doubt any Russian authorities read DU, I'm a polite but firm 'fuck off' to that call for silence.
Russia deserves loud and unanimous condemnation for its treatment of LGBT Russians. I don't see people playing the 'Look! Over There! They're doing something worse!' card when it comes to other countries with appalling human rights records towards their gay communities like some countries in the Middle East or Africa. But I do see it a lot when it comes to Russia.