Russia slams European Union's 'promotion of sexual minorities'

[Behind the Aegis]

Source: Times of India

BRUSSELS: An official Russian human rights report released on Thursday lashed out at European Union nations for their "aggressive promotion" of the rights of sexual minorities.

The 150-page report on the state of human rights across the EU criticised the rise of xenophobia, racism, violent nationalism and chauvinism — notably in eastern nations with Russian minorities — as well as anti-Semitism and neo-Nazism.

But it also claimed that EU nations, while championing human rights worldwide, saw as "one of their priorities, the dissemination of their neo-liberal values as a universal lifestyle" for the globe.

"This is particularly evident in their aggressive promotion of the sexual minorities' rights.

Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Russia-slams-European-Unions-promotion-of-sexual-minorities/articleshow/29268230.cms

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[ReRe]

1. Now, there's another oxymoron:

"Russian human rights." I wish to hell they'd shut up about Gays. I don't think it's too late to just call off our participation in the Olympics. Stick a sock in it, Putin. Dayam!

[SoapBox]

2. Gawd forbid that Human Beings...

Law abiding, tax paying citizens...have "Rights".

Fuck these sicko Russians.

[Archae]

3. If the US and Europe had any balls...

They'd say "Fine, we'll withdraw from your propaganda festival...the Winter Olympics."

If they did that, Putin would look like the ass he is.

[joshcryer]

5. Nah, our gay Olympians are a much bigger smack in the face.

Especially if and when they medal against Russia's finest.

[iamthebandfanman]

10. i think we shouldnt go over safety...

and to drop out over that issue would be a bigger smack than over human rights (something Russia could give two flying fucks about.. whining about homosexuals while their country is RAVAGED by child abuse and prostitution.. not to mention neo-nazis on top of it all).

[joshcryer]

4. But I was told EU was no better than Russia.

I had a big argument with a DU over this bullshit...

[Behind the Aegis]

7. That doesn't surprise me.

It has been suggested that we gays also focus on Africa and stop being so critical of Russia.

[joshcryer]

9. Oh, I bet I know how that rhetoric went.

"You don't argue against Africa's oppressive laws but only Russia so clearly you're not against those laws, you're just against Russia."

Basic "argument of omission" bullshit.

[Behind the Aegis]

11. Yup. Doesn't even matter that many of us HAVE commented.

Of course, if you see the 'naysayers', you don't see their names in those threads either.

[joshcryer]

12. Then you're forced to dig up those posts.

In a 3 reply thread that has sunk to obscurity and is hard to find, and you wrack your brain trying to remember keywords that a search will bring up. It's all intended to fuck with you and basically troll you. Basically having to prove a negative (which I think is possible; "well I didn't see you post about X&quot is hard.

The reason Russia gets so much exposure is that, in fact, the Russia apologists try to downplay it and make it some other thing, like, that very topic. Not being critical in other instances. They can't just assume our position is consistent and even if we did miss that Africa thread that sank before we even saw it that only got 5 replies we'd still condemn that crap.

Sorry, touchy issue with me because I find this 'debate' tactic common with climate change denialists and I spent years of my real life time cumulatively debating those people.

[LeftishBrit]

6. Ugh

I think we should all boycott the damn thing; though a few openly gay athletes doing the equivalent of Jesse Owens in Berlin might embarrass Putin et al.

[Behind the Aegis]

8. It would be awesome!

I don't care what country they hail from, but I hope some openly gay athletes win and make a scene! Let's hope I is more ike Berin and not like Munich.

[Bluenorthwest]

14. Let's acknowledge the fullness of Berlin, shall we? Did we have Jewish

athletes? Well we started out with two, but the US Team removed them from competition on sight to 'avoid controversy'. Yes.
There was a strong movement before those Olympics calling for boycott, so the Committee sent their representative Mr Brundage to Berlin to investigate the state of Hitler's Germany. Brundage concluded that there was not any discrimination in Germany against anyone AND that the 'rumors' were part of a conspiracy to harm Hitler's reputation, a conspiracy between the press and.....wait for it...the Jews!
So yes, Jesse Owens also ran and they put those photos in school books, but they do not mention the rest of it. Then there was the Holocaust, WW2, you know the rest.

[LeftishBrit]

16. Wow. I knew Brundage was something of an antisemite, but not all these details. Wow again.

In any case, I don't trust Putin further than I could throw him. I think he's just another big organized crime leader AND a bigot. We wouldn't trust the Godfather of the Mafia in charge of the Olympics, so why trust Putin?

[JI7]

13. it sometimes seems as if it's getting worse

i thought he would have at least toned it down until the games were over. but it's like he can't help himself. and it sure doesnt help that the guy from the ioc is supporting him.

[uhnope]

18. Yes Russia is getting worse as Putin's dictatorship

becomes more and more solidified

[Bluenorthwest]

15. Putin is an NBC Star Performer at this point, Michael J Fox promoting

the fuck out of Sochi on his show last night, of all people to do that, I am so fucking disappointed in Mike and his cast I can not tell you.

[pampango]

17. If one is a gay Ukrainian, this might affect whether you want your country to associate with the EU

or Russia.

neo-liberal values as a universal lifestyle" ... "This is particularly evident in their aggressive promotion of the sexual minorities' rights.

"Neo-liberals everywhere thank Russia for casting them in such a favorable light. I did not know that acceptance of people's sexual orientation was a 'neo-liberal' value.

[uhnope]

19. Russia/Putin's misuse of the world "neo-liberal"

and the way it got a pass shows how politically illiterate much of the world has become

[William769]

20. russia is trying to become what was the Soviet Union

In what I mean by that they want to be a world power again. The problem is though when you do it with fear and intimidation it doesn't work. Yes they had a good run (Soviet Union) but they crumbled from within. Just as Putin's BIGOTED russia will.

[okaawhatever]

21. Is it sad that my first thought was, hey Russia is getting better. They referred to LGBT as a

sexual minority instead of a worse term? I had this quick thought that hey that's the nicest way Russia has referred to gays in years so maybe they're improving. Just like the Republicans here and the Taliban in the ME, a few centuries behind but they're moving forward. Russia's mentality about the LGBT community is now solidly in the 19th Century.