Be aware mods, I'm not saying this to take a shot at the site or moderation, as there's nothing in here that can be "moderated". But in 7 years of posting on this site, this thread is honestly the low point for me personally.
A lot of it isn't just the thread itself, but the fact that other threads on human equality have gone so well, with so many forward thinking, inclusive opinions, and then this one just kind of came out of nowhere and made it seem as though we were posting in like 1995.
There's been bad threads, but they've been threads that were more purposely trollish in nature. This thread has been honest feelings from everyone, and that makes me feel a little queezy, honestly. Especially these last few pages.
As I read posts from Alberta Beef, Pointman and a few others, I felt sick and angry reading them and had long winded, angry responses lined up, but then thought "naw, they believe what they believe, and nothing we can say will make them realize what they're saying, who it affects and how downright backwards they are".
I'm not trying to make this personal, Pointman, but this is what your posts have done for me; They've made me realize that Russia really is a backwards, ****ty country that's becoming more backwards by the day.
It's also made me realize that I support protests/boycotts now more than ever, against this crappy nation that is in no hurry to pull it's stupid head out of it's stupid ass.
I haven't felt disgusted reading a thread on CP in a long time, but this thread and specifically the discussion that went on today have left me feeling a little ill.
All we can do is continue to support our great country in it's achievements in equality for the LGBT community and make our voices heard about these parts of the world that are archaic, backwards and just plain disgusting towards the gay community, and beyond that just wait for these dinosaurs to die out, and just be happy we live in Canada.
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