Think The Sochi Olympics Are A Human Rights Disaster? Things Are Going To Get A Lot Worse

[enlightenment]

1. Engaged in a conversation on this topic yesterday

with a number of like-minded (so I assumed) liberal acquaintances.

Even given the wide variance of liberal thought, I was astonished at the number of these people who either:

*didn't think it was a problem - because "nothing will happen"
*didn't think it was a problem - because "sport shouldn't be political - especially international sport"
*didn't think it was a problem - for vague and unspecified reasons that suggested they are, at the least, uncomfortable with anything LGBT

The first two exhibited a level of naivete that I didn't expect to see in thinking adults and the last was just pathetic - but on the whole, it was disappointing that these sporting events are so important to so many that they couldn't fathom taking a stand against open and blatant human rights violations.