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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
I hate to bring personal experience into this...but I have visited Russia a couple times (and not just the touristy areas), had a long term relationship with a Russian girl, work with a bunch of Russians, and consider myself pretty educated and invested in their culture.
No, not all Russians carry that attitude. Just because Putin signs a law does not mean the regular average civilian believe that. Many do, but not all. You pretty much painted a broad stroke brush against that entire culture and literally called their country/society garbage. That's why I think your post is terrible. In a country of 145 million people, you're going to find numerous people who carry the attitude you described. Guess what, that exists even in our little haven here. I could post plenty of youtube links showing intolerance in the streets of Calgary. But that does not represent our culture as whole.
No doubt their society as a whole isn't as free or liberal as our here. No one is denying that. But you just shat on an entire country/society by calling them garbage.
Your post is still terrible.
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Your personal experiences do not trump statistical facts. The vast majority of Russia's population are against equal rights for LGBT. Putin's approval numbers are also at incredibly high numbers, indicating most people don't disagree with his stance that violence against gays is ok. That's why I say that the culture in today's Russia is garbage, and they deserve zero respect on the international stage