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DemocratSinceBirth

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98. If he would have asked me I would have told him I supported Gorbachev...

Sun Feb 9, 2014, 10:11 PM

Feb 2014

He was flawed but a true social democrat at heart. And he seems like a bright, forward looking fella so I doubt he's a homophobe.

IMHO, Russia went to seed when Yeltsin and his cronies sold the means of production, i.e., the Soviet Union's major industries off to the oligarchs. And Putin has just carried on and solidified that tradition.

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My personal boycott of the Olympics [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 OP

I'm boycotting Barney's. I promise to never shop there. Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #1

so boycott the athletes' hard work . . . . makes sense DrDan Feb 2014 #2

Frankly, I don't give a damn about the work the athletes Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #4

I'm sure the athletes in 1936 worked hard too... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #6

Exactly. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #9

Check out this thread. pangaia Feb 2014 #28

Did you know that the US team in 36 pulled it's only two Jewish athletes from Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #15

even openly gay athletes and other Olympic-related personalities do not support a boycott DrDan Feb 2014 #13

Those paid a ton to support the Olympics support the Olympics, film at 11. Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #18

I will never respect bigoted and homophobic cultures. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #20

+1 TheMathieu Feb 2014 #23

They're athletes... Tien1985 Feb 2014 #11

I'm expecting something like this before it's over DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #12

k/r Dawson Leery Feb 2014 #3

I couldn't agree more. AndreaCG Feb 2014 #5

Res ipsa loquitur DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #7

And did you boycott the U.S. go west young man Feb 2014 #8

I expressed my dissatisfaction at the ballot box and ... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #10

And miss this? WorseBeforeBetter Feb 2014 #14

Did you know the US team refused to let the two Jewish athletes compete? Bluenorthwest Feb 2014 #16

I refuse to watch the Olympics. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #17

agree Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #19

Gay rights statistics US versus Russia. go west young man Feb 2014 #60

Oh so, because you believe it is worse in the US, the Olympics shouldn't be boycotted? Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #61

I didn't realize being gay gave us special insight. go west young man Feb 2014 #68

I didn't realize being gay meant we all have to be in lock-step. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #70

Curious if you even looked at the statistics in my post? go west young man Feb 2014 #71

Yes. Some aren't correct. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #72

All info is sourced through go west young man Feb 2014 #73

That's what makes it clever propaganda. Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #74

BAWAWAWAWAWA DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #77

The anti-sodomy laws you cited are null and void./nt DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #78

It might not get reported in Russia dsc Feb 2014 #89

Uh, age of consent varies by state jberryhill Feb 2014 #101

What a pantload of bullshit. There's no equivalence, no "it's not so bad" in Russia. MADem Feb 2014 #76

grow up, the athletes deserve to play-you are of an extremist view larkrake Feb 2014 #21

Supporting human rights is extreamist ? Wow, what website am I on? N/t FreeState Feb 2014 #22

Yes, and standing up against homophobia also makes you thin-skinned, a bully, and heterophobe! Behind the Aegis Feb 2014 #25

Edmund Burke>>>>some random poster DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #31

Speaking out against people getting beaten and murdered for an inborn trait is "extremist"? uppityperson Feb 2014 #53

The poster is talking about not watching a TV show of people playing games. ZombieHorde Feb 2014 #65

The postern rather watch the National Basketball Association which educates people about homophobia DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #79

Seems weird to me that people would call you an extremest ZombieHorde Feb 2014 #84

Hehe DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #85

I have no problem boycotting the olympics; Jamaal510 Feb 2014 #24

I'm not watching because US coverage stinks Warpy Feb 2014 #26

I would boycott the Winter Olympics....... but I really don't give a shit about it! nt rdharma Feb 2014 #27

I'm not watching either underthematrix Feb 2014 #29

I've always enjoyed & watched them, but not this year. countryjake Feb 2014 #30

its amusing to see the bubbling hate and vitriol against this particular Olympics frwrfpos Feb 2014 #32

Opposing homophobia makes one a "red baiter" DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #34

plenty of homophobia right here in the United States. frwrfpos Feb 2014 #36

Fascism= authoritarian nationalism. Sounds like your friend, Putin. There's that "red baiting" again DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #40

Fascism= authoritarian nationalism frwrfpos Feb 2014 #42

None of those are compulsory DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #44

LGBT people have agitated for decades right here in the US and have been put down violently frwrfpos Feb 2014 #47

Russia is decades, or more, behind the US on civil rights, and Putin certainly doesn't give NYC Liberal Feb 2014 #58

the violent police kick down and brutalize people here every single day frwrfpos Feb 2014 #64

I don't deny it happens here. Do YOU deny it happens in Russia? NYC Liberal Feb 2014 #67

I saw the housing in Sochi for the elite. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #80

They care so much about their citizens that they made it a crime... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #81

What a condescending and offensive post. SfromCanada Feb 2014 #63

Be careful, some of the Putin apologists... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #82

How would you know what we thought of other games? countryjake Feb 2014 #35

calling out a new member is a TOS violation frwrfpos Feb 2014 #37

He responded to your post. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #41

pointing to my membership status and date of membership is a TOS violation frwrfpos Feb 2014 #43

Wrong. It isn't a TOS violation. REP Feb 2014 #45

its alluding because Im a newer member I dont agree with the direction to fascism frwrfpos Feb 2014 #49

Erm, no. That's not the allusion being made. REP Feb 2014 #50

no, it isn't n/t fishwax Feb 2014 #48

Under most circumstances it would be a rule violation dsc Feb 2014 #90

it is a rule violation. a blatant one that went ignored frwrfpos Feb 2014 #91

No they don't dsc Feb 2014 #92

I would suspect that the ratio to members to non members is very large frwrfpos Feb 2014 #93

If you've been reading here for more than five yrs... countryjake Feb 2014 #94

can you post to those threads because either they were notgiven many recs or kicks frwrfpos Feb 2014 #95

Google is your friend... countryjake Feb 2014 #96

How's that googling going for ya? countryjake Feb 2014 #108

I never said homophobia isn't a problem here; it's state-sanctioned there... countryjake Feb 2014 #46

No, it isn't. Maybe you need to read the TOS again. uppityperson Feb 2014 #54

Standing for human rights = "red baiting"? Do you think calling someone on their bigotry makes the uppityperson Feb 2014 #55

You do realize that the USSR ceased to exist 23 years ago, right? Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #97

If he would have asked me I would have told him I supported Gorbachev... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #98

Absolutely. Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #99

I knew things wouldn't end well with Yeltsin and then Putin. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #100

Yeah, Putin is a capital-T Thug Warren DeMontague Feb 2014 #102

I would definitely put Putin on the right side of the political spectrum. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #106

I have never watched the Winter Olympics in the first place quinnox Feb 2014 #33

I'm boycotting. backscatter712 Feb 2014 #38

I'm boycotting, but have never watched roody Feb 2014 #39

We could find a reason to boycott EVERY Olympics, if we wanted to. There are madinmaryland Feb 2014 #51

K & R Thinkingabout Feb 2014 #57

We've got it on, I support the athletes, but not Putin and Russia. It all has a wet RKP5637 Feb 2014 #52

Or... progressoid Feb 2014 #56

technically you are not boycotting the Olympics snooper2 Feb 2014 #59

I don't follow your logic. ZombieHorde Feb 2014 #66

I don't follow the logic either. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2014 #83

Technically, it should have been our government who Boycotted... countryjake Feb 2014 #88

War Criminal, Henry Kissinger on the IOC... JEB Feb 2014 #62

I'm not watching it either davidpdx Feb 2014 #69

I seen a few posts on DU putting those of us who are boycotting the Olympics down... hrmjustin Feb 2014 #75

...and yet you've taken the time to tell us that. brooklynite Feb 2014 #105

Indeed I did. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #107

Louis Zamperini--my dad went to USC with this guy, a friend whose treatment by the Japanese panader0 Feb 2014 #86

Just a question for you (I don't know the answer) frazzled Feb 2014 #87

Do you know why thousands of athletes from all over the globe Jenoch Feb 2014 #103

It is ironic that we boycotted the 1980 summer olympics indie9197 Feb 2014 #104