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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
The part I believe is being blown out of proportion is the reaction I am getting for this belief. If the majority does not have the ability to grasp why I believe what I do, then that is very sad.
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Ah, and here I thought you said I was blowing things out of proportion by comparing this situation with how gays are being treated to other horrible human rights situations such as slavery and persecution of Gays, Jews, Blacks, etc by the Nazis. It distinctly sounded that way from your post.
What I think is sad is that you feel that you feel need to understand how the Russians feel about beating, killing and jailing gay people before you can judge that treatment as wrong. Personally, I do not care if the average Russian is proud that they beat up a gay guy for being gay, I know that is wrong.
Unfortunately, the Russian government has made the situation even worse by making "gay" illegal. Especially when they are preparing to host a global event (Olympics) and they are coming out and saying that the law will apply to the althletes or spectators that go to the games.
I used to think it would be pretty cool to go to Russia and going to the Winter games would be awesome. Potentially seeing people get arrested for their sexual orientation has completely removed Russia from my travel wishlist.