tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post5532790461459763829..comments2024-02-21T17:03:05.861-08:00Comments on Petrelis Files: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08359712473083091475noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-32362955745246990732007-07-29T11:48:00.000-07:002007-07-29T11:48:00.000-07:00Terrific -- an immigrant committed a hate crime, s...Terrific -- an immigrant committed a hate crime, so now all immigrants should be made to pay. Why not call for a campaign against all Christians? Using a single incident to justify ones own anti-immigrant bias is akin to evangelists interpreting language in the Bible to justify their own homophobia. Does it bug anyone besides me that so many in are community prefer "looking out for our own" to "justice for all"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-54733336738791900552007-07-12T23:57:00.000-07:002007-07-12T23:57:00.000-07:00Taking a stand against immigration reform does not...<I>Taking a stand against immigration reform does not mean we are intolerant.</I><BR/><BR/>It absolutely would make us intolerant. Can you please explain how the solution to hate could possibly be more hate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-24242158497326677022007-07-06T20:31:00.000-07:002007-07-06T20:31:00.000-07:00The issue here is not the fact the young man kille...The issue here is not the fact the young man killed was an immigrant, but rather immigrants killed a gay man. <BR/><BR/>The GLBTQI community had better wake up to the fact the politically-correct position of supporting immigration reform is a dangerous proposition for us all. The Bush administration and otheer suppporters of immigration reform know the people benefiting most from the reform are conservative in every sense. <BR/><BR/>The fact Slavics had been led to feel it was acceptable to hurl insults and physically assault a man based on his sexual orientation is a wake-up call to us all. We HAVE to be less concerned about immigration issues and more conceerned about securing equal rights or this will keep happening again and again. Unfortunately, this is not the first time this has happenned. A hate-killing of a gay man in Dallas was perpetrated by illegal immigrants in 1999 or 2000.<BR/><BR/>Taking a stand against immigration reform does not mean we are intolerant. Taking a stand against immigration reform means we care enough abot ourselves to protect ourselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141703.post-39488222624952431302007-07-06T14:47:00.000-07:002007-07-06T14:47:00.000-07:00Russian Orthodox Christians and Russians in genera...Russian Orthodox Christians and Russians in general are perhaps the most homophobic group on the planet outside the Islamic world. I was born and grew up in Russia and while I was living there I have never met a single pro-gay person (unless that person himself happened to be gay). <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, many westerners don't know about how homophobic most Russians are. Westerners often naively assume that they can travel to Russia and expect to be treated like in any other civilized country. I am sorry to say that this is not so. Gay men and women ought to be aware that Russia is an extremely homophobic country. Most Russian immigrants living in the US are also extremely homophobic and judgmental. Moreover, they tend to be violent (especially when drunk) unlike American Christian fundamentalists who might hate your guts but are unlikely to attack you physically.<BR/><BR/>The gay community in the US should have been more active in helping Russian gays to prepare and organize the Gay Pride Parade in Moscow on May 27th. The mayor of Moscow once again prohibited it but the Russian gay community went ahead and held it anyway. The police, skinheads, Russian nationalists and Orthodox Christian fanatics prevented Russian gays from marching in Moscow. Surprisingly, very few gays in the US reacted to this outrageous event, let alone noticed it. There were almost no expressions of solidarity with Russian gays, no attempts to put pressure on the mayor of Moscow, no letters to the Russian embassy, etc... Only a small group of 4 people held a vigil outside the Russian consulate in New York. <BR/><BR/>We must also learn to be proactive in protecting our community. It is important, in my opinion, to be aware of one's surroundings and take notice of any large groups of young men, especially if they happen to be Russian, Ukrainian, or Serbian. Many tragic accidents could have been prevented if our community could educate young gay men and women to analyze their environment, to notice potential dangers and to react to them accordingly. This is not to say, of course, that the blame is on the victim. On the contrary. Nothing can justify the behaviour of Christian Orthodox homophiobic scumbags. Nveretheless, we must be smart about protecting ourselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com