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closeupready

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16. Um, I'm not sure about this - they are very GLBT-friendly, from

Reply to Pab Sungenis (Original post)

Thu Sep 26, 2013, 02:09 PM

Sep 2013

what I've seen here on DU over the last five years or so. I'd reserve judgment, personally.

It seems like what they are saying is, Russian homophobia is inconsistent with Olympic ideals, and in supporting the Olympics, we are helping to combat homophobia in a more global sense. I get that not everyone buys that argument, but I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

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Coca-Cola to LGBT: Fuck You. [View all] Pab Sungenis Sep 2013 OP

More a case of Hayabusa Sep 2013 #1

I'm glad you wrote to them but did you really expect a different reply? NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #2

Since 1928 includes 1936 jakeXT Sep 2013 #3

Salvation Army, Coca Cola...what next...Kellogs? Sequoia Sep 2013 #14

hyperbolic response at best. Yours not theirs. nt TeamPooka Sep 2013 #4

They didn't pull out of the Olympics for you, so therefore they hate LGBT? NightWatcher Sep 2013 #5

Every other sponsor, yes. Pab Sungenis Sep 2013 #6

Where do you get your petrol from? Donald Ian Rankin Sep 2013 #13

You wrote them an email demanding they drop the Olympics? LittleBlue Sep 2013 #7

I didn't expect them to do it Pab Sungenis Sep 2013 #8

Boycott the 2014 Hate-O-Lympics johnnypneumatic Sep 2013 #9

Are you also condemning all the athletes, including GLBT athletes cali Sep 2013 #10

I won't, but the athletes DO have a choice to boycott. The IOC also should be taking action. cleanhippie Sep 2013 #11

+1 nt Zorra Sep 2013 #12

Money counts to them first. I will not be watching the Olympics. hrmjustin Sep 2013 #15

Um, I'm not sure about this - they are very GLBT-friendly, from closeupready Sep 2013 #16