Watch Harvey Fierstein well be Harvey Fierstein. Of course topic Russia.

[William769]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/15/gay-playwright-calls-out-chris-hayes-for-dismissing-lgbt-boycott-of-russian-olympics/

Just a sample of whats in the video

“You must fight injustice wherever that injustice is,” he said. “You cannot just ignore evil. When evil shows its face you have to answer. When you don’t answer, look what happens. You were talking about Hitler, so we went to the Olympics in Germany, right? Yes, they took down the anti-Jewish posters for two weeks, and what happened? Owens won a gold medal and then 6 million Jews were killed.”

You gotta love Harvey!

P.S. Video at end of the article.

[xchrom]

1. du rec.

[Bluenorthwest]

2. Harvey is the best, the interview was wonderful and I'm so thankful to him for exisitng.

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[MNBrewer]

3. Chris Hayes, bless his heart....

Tries SO hard to be "reasonable" in the face of evil.

[MADem]

4. I don't think a boycott will do it. I think the venue needs to be moved.

I think the IOC needs to just say "Haters can hate, but we're not supporting your hating asses," and move the damn games. They need to pull the rug out NOW, too.

If they have to split the events between say, Utah and Canada, if there aren't enough athletic areas that are 'up to snuff,' well, JUST DO IT. Gee, maybe NIKE could jump in with some sponsorship!

Harvey's arguments are spot on.

I don't feel comfortable just sweeping this under the rug and letting it go, and using a "Don't be 'political'" excuse to do it.