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A St. Petersburg city councilman from Russias ruling party made statements suggesting that Jews killed Jesus.
Vitaly Milonov made the statements last month during a meeting of the St. Petersburg City Council, where he serves as a lawmaker for President Vladimir Putins United Russia party, the svodka.net news website reported this week.
They vilify any saint, it is in their tradition of 2,000 years, beginning with the appeals to crucify the Savior, ending with accusations of anti-Semitism against St. John of Kronstadt, Milonov said during a March 19 speech before the citys legislative council, according to the report.
Milonov was advocating a bill that proposes to declare June 14 a municipal holiday in honor of John of Kronstadt, a 19th century leader of the Orthodox Russian Church. His legacy remains controversial because of his membership in the Black Hundred, an ultranationalist and declaredly anti-Semitic movement that supported pogroms against Jews.
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Milonov is the same politician who has proposed that Russia outlaw the promotion of homosexuality, grant full citizenship to embryos and forcing women who have not given birth by the age of 23 to join the army.
He argues, I dont want children to get the wrong idea that traditional and non-traditional forms of partnerships are equal they are not equal
. But a video clip by say, Madonna, in which she is kissing another woman that can be seen by children is gay propaganda. Children like to copy their role models.
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What a pig (apologies to pigs)!
William769
(55,148 posts)Cha
(297,774 posts)thanks BtA
LeftishBrit
(41,212 posts)More good old anti-Semitism, homophobia, misogyny, and general all-roung fascism.
And 'give full citizenship rights to embryos' - he sounds like an invented caricature of a religious rightie, except that he is real.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)It has not died...really.
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)The Catholic Church only stopped teaching that recently.
Rhiannon12866
(206,204 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Behind the Aegis
(54,007 posts)Last edited Thu Apr 3, 2014, 05:17 PM - Edit history (1)
I can see a conflict though, if Putin decides to ride a wolf. He might have to dodge Palin's helicopter hunting crews.
ETA:
freshwest
(53,661 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,324 posts)was gay.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Because they are the root of all evil. Russia is just goddamn special.
LuvNewcastle
(16,859 posts)until no one is left but them.
Behind the Aegis
(54,007 posts)It's a tried and true method of repression.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)Who's next, Putin?
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)Other than his nonsensical and hateful ramblings, what stands out the most are the gymnastics performed to make connections to Putin. Linked members of branched subsets of associations of associations.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Putin signed Milonovs anti gay rants into law.If Putin has a problem with Milonov,he's got a strange way of showing it.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Same verse from years ago but with media and televangelism the old message now infects others.
The paradox is that in their eyes, the 'Jews' really are the 'Chosen' by virtue of the abuse heaped on them for millenia, 'chosen' by bigots of all kinds to be used as the 'Eternal Other.'
The latest by Pat Robertson and the constant refrain by Birchers like the Paul and Jones are just two sides of a malignant populist meme.
Jews were not allowed in all trades, and became specialists to survive, prosper and escape their persecutors for many centuries.
Their 'strange' religion and the success of some makes them a convenient whipping post.
This is proof of the destruction of human intelligence and reasoning.
Larry the Cable Dude
(56 posts)An accusation has been made (let's pretend it's proven) against his ally. lets turn the accused "ally" into Putin himself.
Behind the Aegis
(54,007 posts)Are you claiming the information in the article is false and the "accused" is actually innocent? No one, except you, has turned this person into Putin.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Behind the Aegis
(54,007 posts)Seems a number of people like this particular form of bigotry.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Some people will never let go of their hate.
Behind the Aegis
(54,007 posts)okaawhatever
(9,468 posts)sakabatou
(42,180 posts)Yeah, blame the Jews for killing Jesus. But who put him on the cross? The Romans. Who stabbed him in the side? The Romans.
So why blame the Jews? Oh, because the Bible (was it Paul?) did.