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Old 07-14-2015, 09:31 PM
 
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God bless them both!!

www.youtube.com/v/wgm3lb9JUU0


People are very mean there!!!


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-f...nd-Moscow.html

I wonder if those who walk by and say nothing are those who havent been brainwashed?? (to think its wrong (I reckon so))
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Old 07-14-2015, 11:13 PM
 
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I saw that yesterday. Very sad. I got worried about the really aggressive guy at the end.
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Old 07-15-2015, 10:10 AM
 
Location: Marshall, TX
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And keep in mind this is Moscow.
If they tried it in any other Russian city (except for maybe Saint Petersburg), they'd get a glass bottle thrown at them in no time.
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Old 07-15-2015, 10:28 AM
 
Location: Iowa, USA
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I'm at a loss for words. This sort of behavior is completely unacceptable.

That 'leave Russia' guy has the right idea though. Probably the best advise in the video. Who in their right mind would want to live in Russia, gay or straight?

And that guy at the end... who does he think he is? Completely unacceptable.
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Old 07-15-2015, 10:30 AM
 
Location: New Orleans, LA
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And that's why Russia is going down the tubes. They have no respect for others and it creates an environment where people feel suppressed.
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Old 07-15-2015, 10:51 AM
 
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Try walking around some of the not-as-nice parts of our nations capital and you'll get the same or worse treatment for being gay.

The meme that the majority of hate crimes against gays are caused by white guys with big trucks in small rural towns is frankly a lie.

It's just not politically comfortable to talk about because gays and their most typical assailants fall under the same general political affiliation.

If you REALLY care about gays getting beaten etc. you might want to take a hard look at your own country and the breakdown of who is attacking them by checking out the FBI crime stats.
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Old 07-15-2015, 11:19 AM
 
Location: Inland Northwest
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If you REALLY care about gays getting beaten etc. you might want to take a hard look at your own country and the breakdown of who is attacking them by checking out the FBI crime stats.
Ah, nobody wants to do something like that. Numbers? They can mean so many different things. Plus, what if someone did actual look at those numbers and then they got more curious and looked at say...incidents of interracial rape? What then?

No, no....we don't actually want to look into something and then think about it. We want activism from right here, behind our computer screens. It's safer that way.

Numbers? FBI UCR Statistics?

Crazy talk I tell yeah, crazy.
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Old 07-15-2015, 11:24 AM
 
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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Putin has done a good job making gays the victim just like the Jews were in Germany so he can hide his failed economic policies and the fact that the invasion of Ukraine was a massive mistake.
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Old 07-15-2015, 11:34 AM
 
Location: New Orleans, LA
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Putin has done a good job making gays the victim just like the Jews were in Germany so he can hide his failed economic policies and the fact that the invasion of Ukraine was a massive mistake.
Trust me, our governor is doing the same exact thing. When conservatives fail at economic policies they jump right into protecting Jesus and completely ignore their record. At least they have a solid base of bigotry enablers to draw from
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Old 07-15-2015, 11:51 AM
 
Location: lakewood
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Try walking around some of the not-as-nice parts of our nations capital and you'll get the same or worse treatment for being gay.
are there any left?

Annacostia, Congress Heights, Waterfront = re-developed for the most part, right?


South Capitol? I got lost in DC, and wandered through this hood b/t 2:30 and 4AM -- no issues encountered
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