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blm

(112,997 posts)
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 09:40 PM Feb 2018

2014:Putin plants anti-election special forces team in US. In Russia anti-gay gangs rule the streets

I said at the time those thugs attacking gays so openly right before the 2014 Winter Olympics were doing it FOR Putin to attract the RW Republican voters in the US. Putin WANTED the international headlines and the outrage because he knew the audience he wanted to groom and manipulate. I was not surprised today to hear that Russians were here working on RW activist groups since 2014.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/01/russia-anti-gay-gang-violence-homophobic-olympics

Russian anti-gay gang violence seen for the first time on camera
Forthcoming C4 documentary reveals disturbing methods used by homophobic groups as Olympics near

Shocking footage of the violent groups that target gay men and lesbian women in Russia will reveal the dangerous levels of homophobia in the country in the runup to the Sochi Winter Olympics this week.

A Channel 4 documentary, Hunted, to be broadcast in the Dispatches strand on Wednesday at 10pm, will include the first television reporting of the concerted intimidation and humiliation carried out by the anti-gay groups Parents of Russia and Occupy Paedophilia.

"We filmed these groups with their knowledge, and what I found shocking afterwards was that only a few asked to have their faces disguised. They all believe they are doing the right thing," said Liz Mackean, the investigative journalist who travelled to Russia to make the film for C4.

"Occupy Paedophilia has groups in more than 30 cities. They operate with impunity and under the cover of the remarks [Vladimir] Putin has made suggesting that children are at risk from homosexuals," Mackean added. The film shows the gangs using the internet to lure potential victims to meetings, before threatening violence to force confessions or humiliating acts. One victim is persuaded to dance and is filmed for the internet.
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2014:Putin plants anti-election special forces team in US. In Russia anti-gay gangs rule the streets (Original Post) blm Feb 2018 OP
This was NEVER just coincidence. RW activists poured gas on the 'bathroom bill' debates blm Feb 2018 #1

blm

(112,997 posts)
1. This was NEVER just coincidence. RW activists poured gas on the 'bathroom bill' debates
Fri Feb 16, 2018, 10:07 PM
Feb 2018

and gay marriage. Putin knew his audience.

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