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In reply to the discussion: While You’re Bashing Russia for its Homophobic Laws, Remember… [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)13. By the OP's logic, the US was wrong to boycott apartheid South Africa because some
Americans are racists. The issue in Russia, like in South Africa, is about the actual law, not about the feelings some individuals harbor.
Would you say it was wrong for a nation in which some are racist to criticize another nation's policy of apartheid?
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The worst of "our" assholes can't jail and fine people for the "crime" of being gay.
MADem
Aug 2013
#3
Yep....no saying "My nephew married his partner" in the wrong crowd over there! nt
MADem
Aug 2013
#7
They're gonna be rich, too, seeing how Louisiana denied 'em their constitutional rights. nt
MADem
Aug 2013
#14
Yep, it will take years and years in America for LGBT to achieve 100% equality. America
RKP5637
Aug 2013
#34
What is clear to me is that you are approaching this from a theoretical point of view
riqster
Aug 2013
#62
I didn't "argue against that point" -- see post 11 (which I wrote WAY before your post 65)
MADem
Aug 2013
#72
Of course we're not saints from back in the day...but the big difference between us and them is that
MADem
Aug 2013
#11
Trying to remember when us Canucks last invaded a defenseless country . . .
ConcernedCanuk
Aug 2013
#70
Oh, let's see....Iraq? Afghanistan? Canada even played the "Nudge, Wink" in Vietnam
MADem
Aug 2013
#71
In KS, for one example, it is still a criminal act to be gay. They kept it on the books. As you
RKP5637
Aug 2013
#35
There are laws on the books in Georgia that say you have to eat fried chicken with your hand.
MADem
Aug 2013
#58
Yes, fortunately they are superseded! I wonder what is going to happen now DOMA was
RKP5637
Aug 2013
#61
What YOU should remember is that the corner has been turned here, in the right direction.
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#10
Yes, but degree of suckage and trajectory matter. Compare where we are now to where we were
stevenleser
Aug 2013
#66
By the OP's logic, the US was wrong to boycott apartheid South Africa because some
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#13
No, your use of the word 'bashing' to characterize criticism of these Russian laws
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#28
To the extent that you "extrapolated", I feel comfortable in my response to you.
riqster
Aug 2013
#31
By the way, you did not answer my question and you took a personal jab at me
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2013
#32
I don't think that illustrating the degrees of difference between the two nations, in this context a
LanternWaste
Aug 2013
#40
Calling out the deltas is not the same as acting like we are done with the fight here. nt
riqster
Aug 2013
#41
Almost all countries in Africa and the Middle East have harsher anti-gay laws than Russia.
former9thward
Aug 2013
#68