Can anyone truly deny we're on the path to a new Holocaust?

[LostOne4Ever]

113. This is not about snowden

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I don't give a crap about Snowden one way or another. I am also not gay and don't live in Russia.

That said, I care quite greatly about equal rights, civil rights, and human rights. Not just in Russia, but in Jamaica, Afghanistan, here in the US, hell in the entire world.

There are many people here who have been advocates rights and liberties for years. To dismiss their outrage about what is happening in Russia and claim that they are really just complaining about Snowden without knowing any of them, without any evidence is just as illogical as claiming that all scapegoating inevitably leads to genocide.

Yes some people are using this to demonize Snowden, but not everyone. Claiming that is an illogical and hasty generalization that marginalize us and a cause many of us care deeply about. And while you are right that not all scapegoating leads to genocide, it is also true that it can and does lead to just that in many cases. Further given Russia's history I think being worried about it evolving into genocide is not unjustified. Especially given stories like the OP and this:

http://www.queerty.com/russian-skinheads-using-social-media-to-lure-kidnap-and-publicly-torture-gay-teens-20130726/#ixzz2aBApIYxz

A great many of us truly care about the homosexuals being persecuted anywhere and we hate what is going on in Russia. We want to speak out for the voiceless there. Further, many of us fear that many of our athletes will be arrested or have their voices silenced because of this evil law.

Accusing you of acquiescing to genocide was out of line, but so is claiming and implying that this is just about snowden.