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mountain grammy

(26,614 posts)
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 10:54 AM Jul 2021

This is where the republicans want to take us..

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/07/05/russian-food-retailer-vkusvill-apologizes-for-hurtful-lgbt-family-ad-a74422

Russian Food Retailer VkusVill Apologizes for ‘Hurtful’ LGBT Family Ad


Russian organic grocer VkusVill has pulled its promotional material featuring an LGBT family and replaced it with an apology less than a week after posting it.

Social media users reportedly swarmed VkusVill’s and the same-sex family’s accounts with death threats after their story ran Wednesday as part of a series spotlighting the retail chain’s regular customers. By Sunday, the advertising article’s URL contained a contrite message signed by VkusVill's founder Andrei Krivenko and senior executives.

NEWS
Russian Food Retailer Defies ‘Gay Propaganda’ Law With LGBT Family-Featuring Ad


I'm thinking American republicans would love to pass a "Gay Propaganda" Law.

The CEO was groveling.. you can almost hear him begging, please don't shoot me.

“We consider this publication to be our mistake, which was the result of individual employees’ unprofessionalism,” VkusVill wrote in the apology.

VkusVill said the original advertising article that sparked an outburst of threats and outrage from conservative groups “hurt the feelings of a large number of our customers, employees, partners and suppliers.”


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This is where the republicans want to take us.. (Original Post) mountain grammy Jul 2021 OP
A country where doing the right thing can get you killed or jailed. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #1
+1 2naSalit Jul 2021 #2
The Republican wet dream, make America a dystopian country with totalitarian government. RKP5637 Jul 2021 #3

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
1. A country where doing the right thing can get you killed or jailed.
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 10:57 AM
Jul 2021

That is exactly what the Reptilian Party wants for America.

RKP5637

(67,103 posts)
3. The Republican wet dream, make America a dystopian country with totalitarian government.
Tue Jul 6, 2021, 11:14 AM
Jul 2021

And the F'en STUPID factor of America says, hey, that's great, hail Donald Trump (or Ronald Dion DeSantis) our dictator.

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