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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCossacks just attacked Pussy Riot in Sochi
@SimonOstrovsky:
Group of cossacks just thrashed pussy riot in Sochi with whip handles and pepper spray.
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Cossacks just attacked Pussy Riot in Sochi (Original Post)
Are_grits_groceries
Feb 2014
OP
Why didn't our civil-liberty advocates in the 60's emigrate instead of standing up for their rights?
DJ Lance Rock
Feb 2014
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Loudly
(2,436 posts)1. Why don't those ladies emigrate? Do they think they're MLKing? n/t
madokie
(51,076 posts)3. I would imagine at this point to them its Personal
I'm not sure I could run away either so I'll stand with them.
DJ Lance Rock
(11 posts)4. Why didn't our civil-liberty advocates in the 60's emigrate instead of standing up for their rights?
That's the same thing you're arguing.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)5. Everyone just needs to emigrate?
Not everyone has that option.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)7. Just imagine what this country would be like
if the entire civil rights movement just "emigrated" instead of standing up for what's right? That's a short-sighted suggestion.
joshcryer
(62,270 posts)8. They're punks. They don't take crap from authoritarian agents.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)2. This could lead to a real riot.
joshcryer
(62,270 posts)6. Cossacks Use Whips on Pussy Riot Members