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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf you supported the boycott of South Africa under apartheid, you should support a boycott of Russia
over its treatment of gay people.
The refusal of singers and musicians to perform at places like Sun City had tremendous symbolism, as would the refusal of athletes to compete in the Olympics.
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If you supported the boycott of South Africa under apartheid, you should support a boycott of Russia (Original Post)
Nye Bevan
Aug 2013
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What i would like to boycott are the businesses here in US that are run by Russian mob.
kelliekat44
Aug 2013
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leftstreet
(36,081 posts)1. It's heartening to see so much support for LGBTs here n/t
bemildred
(90,061 posts)2. Go for it, boycott the Olympics, be my guest, what's not to like?
It's a dumb way to express displeasure over Snowden, but it stands on it's own as a good thing, so I'll take it.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)3. I wonder whether Snowden will get to go to the Olympics? (nt)
bemildred
(90,061 posts)4. Indeed, a most important question, that.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)5. What i would like to boycott are the businesses here in US that are run by Russian mob.
And there are lots of them. And the Russian criminal gangs are all over the place. The jewelry thefts, auto thefts, and embezzelments are seldom reported in the news....but you will hear about the muggings by those "others" all the time. Meantime, our tax dollars are Russian cartels are costing us tax dollars in unseen ways.
mick063
(2,424 posts)6. You can't punish the entire populace for the actions of a few.
I'm talking about Florida.