on a related note, does anything think that when russia was "cracking" down on gay people.. it was meant to "unify" the country, to basically check how much fervor there is within russian society? that would be a good way of preparing for war, as the nazis did it. just find someone to hate/point your finger to, and then everybody who is not part of that group will become untied in disenfranchising those people.
Ummno.
1, they didn't "crack" down on gay people. They banned HBTQ propaganda for minors.
2, they are not preparing their citizens for war. They don't have to, Russian people are far more educated about the world then westerners.
3, USA/EU and YOU are preparing for war by demonizing russians as homphobic, anti-democratic etc.
maybe you can explain this to me then
http://www.advocate.com/world/2014/05/01/russias-gay-propaganda-law-takes-effect-crimeathat and how people in russia are being incited to physically assault gay people marching in public.
How did gas and oil turn into gay argument?
well, it's kinda pertinent in that it's about russian society.
Oh, c'mon, we see this gay-people-cracking-down stuff again and again...
Nobody cracking down on them, it's a total BS. Nobody cares about gays here, some pop stars and politicials are open homosexuals, they're still alive and active.
This "gay people prosecutions" bullshit is not even funny anymore. It's so far from the reality that I'm unable to imagine how anybody can believe that. This would be like a belief into spaghetti monster or martian invasion, the same level of stupidity.
Sexual orientation is nobody's business, it's a private matter. If some person thinks too much about someone's orientation, then he needs to visit a doctor, without any delay. This is the most popular point of view on this issue.
you're from russia? russians generally, and i'm not implying that everyone is (but it's a trend), harbor a lot of hatred.. it's the nihilistic russian way. how can you explain these russian anti-gay laws? why do you think it's happening now (recently) all of a sudden? sometimes, in order to catalyze people, you need to find a central figure for them to hate on. here is an excerpt from the article linked above
It has also triggered a spike in homophobic violence, the subject of worldwide protests today in support of Russia's LGBT community, and a Dispatches documentary on Channel 4.