Russian Pop Star Rounded Up And Tortured To Death In Chechnya's Gay Purge

[Zioneer]

If only they had shown the respect to LGBT people that our allies do.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/transgender-pakistani-saudi-arabia-tortured-death-amna-meeno-11-custody-lgbt-rights-human-a7607446.html

Jesus Christ man. This is not a good place for whataboutery

"Whataboutism" is an excuse people make when people call them out on hypocrisy.

What is Putin supposed to do about this?

Depose the guy in charge?

Ramzan Kadyrov has over a decade of human rights abuses. Why would Putin care now?

I mean, of course Putin doesn't care, but the question was asked what Putin was supposed to do about this, implying something he could do if he cared.

The fact that Putin (and the Russian government in general) doesn't care is the issue.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

This was a telling and insightful thread.

[Stranger in a strange land]

You know, for a place that was under the rule of "Leftists" for nearly a century, Russia and the other former Soviet States sure seem to have a lot of issues with homophobia, misogyny, and racism.