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posted by on Wednesday April 26 2017, @10:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the religion-of-piece dept.

Milo Yiannopoulos brings us this disturbing tidbit:

A gay man from Chechnya, Russia has spoken out, providing some troubling details related to the the majority-Muslim province's effort to eliminate the LGBTQ community entirely.

According to Metro.co.uk's Charles White, many gay men living in Chechnya fear the government will "eliminate" them by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

The government is reportedly hoarding[sic] the gay men into "concentration camps" where some may have been killed.

According to Breitbart, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) spoke with several gay victims of oppression who have managed to escape Chechnya. What they've revealed is that not only are gay men in the region afraid of persecution from authority.

They're also scared of "honor killings" by family members looking to punish them for shaming their family name. This fear follows the individuals even after they've left Chechnya, where the bulk of the atrocities appears to be occurring.

"If any of my relatives realize I'm gay, they won't hesitate a minute before killing me," said one 28-year-old victim according to the outlet. "And if they don't do it, they will get killed themselves for failing to uphold the family honor."

[Ed. note: See also this fascinating background article on the apparent cause of this recent pogrom in Chechnya. Hat tip to n1 for providing this link.]

I know it's not our usual fare but some things just need brought out in the open; see what Iran is up to.


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  • (Score: 2) by Spamalope on Wednesday April 26 2017, @01:32PM (9 children)

    by Spamalope (5233) on Wednesday April 26 2017, @01:32PM (#500001) Homepage

    And yet all you've added to the conversation is substance-less invective. You even seem to be trying for High Ground with your Ad Hominem despite bravely posting as AC.

    Gunning for a participation trophy?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 26 2017, @01:39PM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 26 2017, @01:39PM (#500006)

    By his own admission he submits articles to generate noise, not signal.
    And when he succeeds you hold everyone but him responsible?
    Sounds like sociopath apologia to me.

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday April 26 2017, @02:10PM (7 children)

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 26 2017, @02:10PM (#500029) Journal

      By his own admission he submits articles to generate discussion, not agreement.

      FTFY. I don't think you get the point of SN.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 26 2017, @02:16PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 26 2017, @02:16PM (#500037)

        What part of "I love watching people dismiss a message" do you consider to be discussion?

        I don't think you get the point of words.

      • (Score: 2) by pe1rxq on Wednesday April 26 2017, @03:27PM (4 children)

        by pe1rxq (844) on Wednesday April 26 2017, @03:27PM (#500091) Homepage

        Is the point of SN to give one troll a podium against the rest of the world? If so this article is a great success.

        • (Score: 1) by charon on Wednesday April 26 2017, @05:32PM (3 children)

          by charon (5660) on Wednesday April 26 2017, @05:32PM (#500193) Journal

          I'm no fan of Milo Yiannopoulos either, but you know the old saw about broken clocks. Unfortunately everyone has gotten hung up on his name and has said almost nothing about the story. I assumed y'all might be big enough to evaluate the content independently of its author. You know, like you do with AC posts.

          Also, no one has a podium here. We post what the community finds interesting and submits to us. The only requirement is the 10 seconds it takes to paste a link into the submit field.

          • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 26 2017, @06:31PM (2 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 26 2017, @06:31PM (#500254)

            We post what the community finds interesting and submits to us.

            Clearly that's not true. Else you would have published the other mighty buttrumpet story that's been sitting in the queue for a few days.
            That story is even worse than this one, basically straight-up lying that a professor said students could protest trump in lieu of a final when the truth is that prof said the class could do a class project in lieu of a final and the students decided the class project would be a protest.

            At least this story is factual, partial facts, cherry-picked to promote a self-serving agenda, but at least the headline-level facts are true.

            But you can still do better. His use of the "religion-of-piece dept" and the arbitrary inclusion of iranian repression not to mention the abject quality of the sources indicated the submission was not made in good faith. Don't let guys like that play you for their own entertainment.

            • (Score: 1) by charon on Wednesday April 26 2017, @07:00PM (1 child)

              by charon (5660) on Wednesday April 26 2017, @07:00PM (#500271) Journal

              Fair point, we don't post everything that is submitted. Stuff like the flamebait sub you mentioned sits around in the queue because no editor wants to post it; eventually it gets deleted.

              In the case of this particular story, I would probably have passed on it too, if not for the other link provided by n1 which gives more information and nuance. Again, no one is discussing the story, only the source.

              • (Score: 2) by pe1rxq on Wednesday April 26 2017, @10:03PM

                by pe1rxq (844) on Wednesday April 26 2017, @10:03PM (#500391) Homepage

                The story is a pile of crap.
                The sources are websites that are well known to post incredible amounts of crap.
                The submitter has a track record of posting crap on SN. (And appearantly we are suppposed to be ok with that because he manages to pull some working code out of his ass every once in a while)

                So you have a huge pile of shit and you think that N1 sticking a little umbrella in it is going to result in a nice discussion about the story??????????

                If you don't like the discussion you should not have posted this kind of obvious flamebait.

      • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday April 27 2017, @02:23AM

        by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday April 27 2017, @02:23AM (#500478) Journal

        By his own admission he submits articles to generate discussion, not agreement.

        FTFY. I don't think you get the point of SN.

        Ha! Haha! Hahahahaahahaaa!! khallow! You made an actual joke! I knew you could get better!