LGBT News Why Russia turned against the gays

This makes a lot of sense and is consistent with what I have heard from those who support these laws. As someone who grew up with the menace of the (anti-religious) Soviets during the cold war, it was rather weird hearing some Russian talking about the Orthodox church being the driving force behind this.

The article answers a lot of questions about this peculiar stance.

 

“I think the most ridiculous questions come up during the decay of an empire,” said Anton Krasovsky, a prominent Russian journalist recently fired for being gay, when asked why the “gay question” had suddenly emerged in Russia. “It’s like when Judeo-Christians were fed to the lions in third-century Rome — it’s just the sunset of the empire.”

--- One of the most truthful statements I've read about the "Russian Issue". An intolerant nation is one which is scared of itself, for other than fear it has nothing left which to shape it's identity.

 

There has been an exodus of educated people out of Russia and i expect that to continue. What use is a heavily populated nation of bigots?

 

The US appears to have its problems, but I am thankful that we are not feeding any particular group to the lions because we are in our twilight years. Russia might have some more serious upheavals pretty soon. :/

 

I do agree that Russia is an empire at the risk of collapsing. Putin needs a scapegoat, this sadly is the LGBT community.

 

I think it is sad. Russia was already pretty conservative, so I think this is a HUGE step backwards for an otherwise civilized country...

 

I'm still trying to understand how oppressing homosexuals these days will result in more kids. They can move to a different part of Europe that's far more accepting....and this does what to increase population in russia?

 

Putin is the new Hitler. Hopefully the world as the one were living in today will react strong enough to stop this cancer from spreading!

 

Very interesting.

 

Honestly, as awful as this whole thing is, he's not the new Hitler. Nowhere close. Firstly, Putin isn't aiming for world domination. Secondly, Putin isn't committing genocide - there haven't been any murders. Thirdly, Putin isn't putting these people in torture camps where he eventually gasses his victims. Lastly, the vast majority of the population of Russia know what's going on and are fine with it.

The whole situation is very awful, backwards and corrupt, but Putin is nowhere near as sick a bastard as Hitler was. Not close.

 

It is still too early to come to this conclusion, in my opinion.

The Russia I read today in the news reminds me of the final years of the Weimar Republic, just before Hitler came to power. At the time, just like now; most nations in Europe do not really see Germany as a threat, despite the increasing partisan conflicts that are erupting on the political front, and socially communists and Jews are facing attacks by Nazi gangs in increasing frequency and intensity.

Substitute Jews for LGBT individuals and communists for political dissidents and reformers, and you have modern day Russia. What makes this similarity more uncanny is that Hitler, back in 1933 legally changed the law to suspend the Parliament, making him the sole ruler of Germany. This legitimization of a de facto dictatorship is in the process of happening right now, in Russia with Putin changing the laws to give himself potentially unlimited terms as president.

While I agree with you that Russia does not have plans for world domination, they do have the ambition to reassert their control over Eastern Europe and North/Central Asia. The fact that unlike WW2, Western Europe is very much dependent on Russia for supplied of oil and natural gas only makes this situation even more precarious, for they have control of their lifeline.

Empires that are fading often resort to drastic actions to try and keep on to their power. Think of Great Britain during the Boer War or the French during their campaigns in Indochina following WW1. I am quite spooked as to what Russia is planning to cook up in the future.

 

Fair enough, but my point is that at least for now, it's completely inappropriate to compare anyone to Hitler. As of now, no one has committed cultural crimes anywhere near that awful, and so it would be incorrect to compare. You can of course, though, compare the situation to that of just before or at the beginning of WW2, because it is undoubtedly reminiscent.

 

I hope that the Russian Olympics take a huge hit, maybe that might help making them realize that the rest of the world has a problem with what they're doing.