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William769
Aug 2013
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bunnies
(15,859 posts)1. Whatever do you mean?
No reason to get your "panties in a wad".
Russian vigilantes are videoing the kidnapping, beating and torture of young gays
What a seriously fd up country. Russian anti-gay extremists, emboldened by (and many suspect, in cahoots with) the Putin governments crackdown on gay and trans Russians, have reportedly begun kidnapping and beating gay men, especially teenage boys, with ads on gay social networks.
When the boys and men show up for what they think is a sex date, theyre held hostage, abused, have urine poured on them, and then beaten.
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These self-proclaimed crime fighters perform their actions under the broad day light, often outside and clearly visible to general public that indifferently passes by or even commend them. Video recordings of bullying and tortures are freely distributed on the Internet in order to out LGBT teens to their respective schools, parents and friends. Many victims were driven to suicide, the rest are deeply traumatized.
So far Russian police took no action against these movements even though Russian criminal code was clearly violated and despite numerous complaints from parents, victims and LGBT activists.
http://americablog.com/2013/07/russian-vigilantes-kidnapping-beating-young-gays.html
William769
(55,147 posts)2. Well done, well done.
This was just six days ago.
How many is that on one person?
Well now I see why they dont have time to round up the named, faced, torturers. Theyre busy arresting people for, lemme guess, waving a flag? The streets must be so much safer now.
Oh, and I read that the kid in the bottom pic in my post killed himself. Nothing to see here.