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In reply to the discussion: While You’re Bashing Russia for its Homophobic Laws, Remember… [View all]Tien1985
(920 posts)Discrimination against Muslims into their laws the way that they have against LGBT people would you feel the same? Since here in the US we have bigots who hate Muslims too?
If a 19 yr old Muslim man was tortured, filmed and murdered for being Muslim while his kidnappers got 3 months and a slap on the wrist--and the IOC had said we will not tolerate protest, peaceful statement/actions that "promote the Muslim perversion" would that leave us no room to stand up because their have been crimes against Muslims in this country?
We are talking about GAMES. Sports. This is more important than human rights? I know what the right thing to do is.
Fuck Putin, fuck the Olympics. I will not play moral relativism over a small group of people who participate in competitive exercise[\b].