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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
What if Russian was threatening to arrest black athletes?
Would we boycott?
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You can't really tone down being black for a couple weeks. I'm sure it would be a lot different if the law said that any gay athlete will be arrested which it doesn't. They're not hunting down gay people. You just can't be "openly" gay in public.
It's still really messed up but it's not like they'll be knocking on doors and actively seeking out anyone suspected of being gay so it's not really the same thing as arresting people for being black.
Also equality in terms of race is a lot more of a globally supported issue then equality in terms of sexual orientation. I don't know the numbers but I would not be surprised if the majority of the world is still anti-gay rights and therefore having a handful of progressive countries boycott would not be nearly as effective as one that was driven by race issues.