Horrific bigotry directed at Pussy Riot in Russia -- NSFW Language

[obamanut2012]

Michael Idov has been covering the trial in Moscow, and a friend just emailed me Idov's latest tweet of something he heard after the verdict:

"No normal Russian would support these c@nts. The only ones for Pussy Riot are emigrants, fags and kikes." Eduard Bagirov, Putin Loyalist and Blogger

The following NY Times Op-Ed he wrote shows how horrific things are in Russia for folks who don;t walk the straight and narrow (Christian, European White, straight, male):


"Putin v. the Punk Rockers

By MICHAEL IDOV
Published: August 7, 2012


BATTLING the sweaty crowd at the Khamovnichesky court to hear the closing statements in the Pussy Riot trial, I couldn’t shake off the odd feeling that I was in the presence of genuine celebrity. My current job requires me to bump into famous Russians regularly, but I haven’t felt like this once. Yet here, staring at three young women in that absurd glass cage in which the Russian courts insist on keeping defendants, I was star-struck.

The fate of Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, each charged with “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” after lip-syncing to a punk song in a church for 40 seconds, has become a certified international cause.

The United States government expressed concern, Amnesty International deemed the women “prisoners of conscience,” and a dozen Western stars — like Madonna, Bjork and even Danny DeVito — sang, spoke, wrote and tweeted their support.

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Gender equality and the rights of ethnic minorities and gays all remain firmly outside of its scope. Indeed, outward Westernization easily coexists with attitudes that could be charitably called conservative: just last week, the owner of a new American-themed, artisanal-popsicle-serving cafe was quoted saying in a promotional interview: “This is a family place. ... We’re not interested in a bunch of gays coming in and sharing one cup of coffee.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/opinion/on-trial-putin-v-pussy-riot.html?_r=2&ref=opinion

[William769]

1. Add this to them banning PRIDE parades for the next 100 years...

Is setting this Country back hundreds of years.

[obamanut2012]

2. I know -- I was going to post a GD OP on that

I mean, that is mindblowing.

[Egalitarian Thug]

3. So, it seems that Russian authoritarians are just as willing to support the global kleptocracy as

the American authoritarians are.

[obamanut2012]

4. This situation has really galvanized a lot of people all over

[Egalitarian Thug]

7. It has. Something is going to give soon, the pressure can't build forever and more and more

people are hitting their limit every day. Then all the masks come off.

[obamanut2012]

11. Exactly

[Arugula Latte]

5. How much religious-based idiocy and suppression can the world take?

[obamanut2012]

6. Russia is said to be a modern nation

Putin has been, basically, a dictator, but this takes the cake!

[hifiguy]

8. Blasphemy is and always has been

a victimless crime. This is outrageous. I am sure the Fweepers are gettin' their Putin-love on about this.

[obamanut2012]

14. That is an excellent way to put it

Only God would be "hurt," if one believes in God, but can God be hurt, if they are God?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

9. I noticed the Freepers were celebrating it earlier, too

with much ugliness.

[Behind the Aegis]

10. Can't say I am surprised.

Anyone who has actually been paying attention to the goings-ons in Russia, and not just the "approved" scoldings of the US and others, would know there are some serious social issues happening and the targets are gays, the disabled, immigrants, and of course, the good ole standby, the Jews. It seems women are now being added to the target groups. Are we about to see a re-emergence of the progroms of old? At least we Jews will know what to expect.

[obamanut2012]

12. I think this IS a pogrom of a sort

If you've read what the judge said during the sentencing.

And, the 100-year ban against PRIDE parades.

It will get worse, for sure.

[Solly Mack]

13. K&R