Comments on: Masked Men Attack Moscow Gay Bar on “Coming Out Day” http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/12/49624 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Wed, 22 May 2013 00:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Blake http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/12/49624/comment-page-1#comment-165852 Blake Fri, 19 Oct 2012 21:28:14 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49624#comment-165852 My shorthand for the Russians who come from the North Caucasian Federal District and a rough parallel to a marginalized minority group from the original quote... then they came for the gypsies... People from that region of Russia are already often the target of the neo-nazis you mentioned; although some are terrorists. The whole situation is eerily reminiscent of Europe prior to WWII with the terrorist socialist/anarchists justifying increasingly authoritarian/nationalist regimes in western Europe. Except that it's all happening in the last real Empire left on earth. My shorthand for the Russians who come from the North Caucasian Federal District and a rough parallel to a marginalized minority group from the original quote… then they came for the gypsies…

People from that region of Russia are already often the target of the neo-nazis you mentioned; although some are terrorists.

The whole situation is eerily reminiscent of Europe prior to WWII with the terrorist socialist/anarchists justifying increasingly authoritarian/nationalist regimes in western Europe.

Except that it’s all happening in the last real Empire left on earth.

]]> By: Anthemius http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/12/49624/comment-page-1#comment-162216 Anthemius Sat, 13 Oct 2012 09:02:30 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49624#comment-162216 Well, actual Russian Neo-Nazis do exist. Who are the "Central Caucasians", though? Well, actual Russian Neo-Nazis do exist.
Who are the “Central Caucasians”, though?

]]> By: Soren456 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/12/49624/comment-page-1#comment-161907 Soren456 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:15:58 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49624#comment-161907 To avoid repeating history, you have to know history. These people don't know their own history, and there is little chance that it will be taught to them in the near future. To avoid repeating history, you have to know history. These people don’t know their own history, and there is little chance that it will be taught to them in the near future.

]]> By: Blake http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/12/49624/comment-page-1#comment-161863 Blake Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:20:44 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49624#comment-161863 Well I, for one, am not going to feel sorry for the Central Caucasians when the lackeys of the State start turning on them. First they came for the homosexuals... So sad to see the mistakes of the past repeating themselves in Russia. I cannot grasp why people refuse to see the buddings of totalitarianism in their country. I hope the Russian people wise- up before they... oh wait... Putin. Nevermind. They're f'd. Well I, for one, am not going to feel sorry for the Central Caucasians when the lackeys of the State start turning on them. First they came for the homosexuals…

So sad to see the mistakes of the past repeating themselves in Russia. I cannot grasp why people refuse to see the buddings of totalitarianism in their country. I hope the Russian people wise- up before they… oh wait… Putin. Nevermind. They’re f’d.

]]> By: F Young http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/12/49624/comment-page-1#comment-161805 F Young Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:51:32 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49624#comment-161805 I suspect that in some cases they don't want to show their faces because they are police or militia. You'd think that Russians would have enough reasons to hate the Nazis that they would not imitate them, but it seems you would be wrong. I suspect that in some cases they don’t want to show their faces because they are police or militia.

You’d think that Russians would have enough reasons to hate the Nazis that they would not imitate them, but it seems you would be wrong.

]]> By: Darina http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/12/49624/comment-page-1#comment-161767 Darina Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:33:00 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49624#comment-161767 The masks are a typical feature of "nationalist" thugs in post-communist countries. They just aren't brave enough to show their faces when they decide to beat up somebody. The masks are a typical feature of “nationalist” thugs in post-communist countries. They just aren’t brave enough to show their faces when they decide to beat up somebody.

]]> By: Truthspew http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2012/10/12/49624/comment-page-1#comment-161734 Truthspew Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:40:51 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=49624#comment-161734 I find it interesting that the attackers aren't so brave as to let themselves be identified. So they wear masks. How very Klanish of them. I find it interesting that the attackers aren’t so brave as to let themselves be identified. So they wear masks. How very Klanish of them.

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