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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHarvey Firestein is on Chris Hayes. My wife is crying and grateful Harvey is speaking about
the wrong doing of Russia.
People need to stand up for what is right NOT say or the Olympics is above politics. It may be above politics BUT the Olympics isn't above Human Rights and Human Respect.
My wife and I will NOT be watching or supporting this Olympics because of the Hosting country's disrespect to ALL of HUMANITY!
(Adding: My wife's statement: "We need to remove the idea of what Russia is doing to the LGBT community as Political view and state it for what it truly is: an assault on a social racism."
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Harvey Firestein is on Chris Hayes. My wife is crying and grateful Harvey is speaking about (Original Post)
diabeticman
Aug 2013
OP
We didn't watch the China Oplymics either. What Russia is doing is equal to what Germany did in
diabeticman
Aug 2013
#4
That's what my wife said. I think she was trying to think of a word for it but she was so angry
diabeticman
Aug 2013
#7
Benton D Struckcheon
(2,347 posts)1. Savage up next. Great show.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)2. Wow, I'll record the replay. Sounds like a good show
randome
(34,845 posts)3. Countries that have hosted the Olympics in the past.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_Games_host_cities
If Beijing, China was okay, why isn't Russia? That in no way means we should let up the pressure but let's face it, there is no country on the planet without injustice.
Why change the nature of the Games now?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]
If Beijing, China was okay, why isn't Russia? That in no way means we should let up the pressure but let's face it, there is no country on the planet without injustice.
Why change the nature of the Games now?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]
diabeticman
(3,121 posts)4. We didn't watch the China Oplymics either. What Russia is doing is equal to what Germany did in
the 1930s.
randome
(34,845 posts)5. That's consistency. Good for you and your wife.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]
Skittles
(153,113 posts)6. social racism?
diabeticman
(3,121 posts)7. That's what my wife said. I think she was trying to think of a word for it but she was so angry
she couldn't think.