It was only a matter of time. Just a few hours after Tim Cook bravely and historically made his sexuality open, the gay-bashing has already begun.
Where? In Russia, where Vitaly Milonov, the politican behind Russia’s anti-gay laws and the politican who threatened to arrest gay athletes at the Sochi olympics, argued that Tim Cook should be banned from Russia because he could be a carrier of AIDs or Ebola.
Mr. Milonov is calling for a lifetime travel ban on Cook, who suggested that the Apple CEO could bring “the Ebola virus, AIDS [and] gonorrhea” to Russia. (Those last two diseases seem like an odd thing for Mr. Milonov to single out. Even if Tim Cook did have AIDs and gonorrhea — which obviously he doesn’t — Russia is already overrun with AIDs and gonorrhea cases.)
““What could he bring us? The Ebola virus, AIDS, gonorrhea? They all have unseemly ties over there,” Mr Milonov told the FlashNord website. “Ban him for life.”
Something tells me that’s not going to happen. Russia is an important market for Apple.
Obviously, these are just the hateful, idiotic words of a homophobe. But this is a homophobe with supreme influence, who has already managed to have jailed many native Russians for the so-called “crime” of being gay. In other words, he’s exactly the kind of person Tim Cook is taking a stand against.
Thank goodness that so far, we haven’t heard any similar bile on this side of the pond. Although something tells me, sadly, it’s only a matter of time.
Source: Pink News
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39 responses to “Homophobic politician wants to ban Tim Cook from Russia for life”
If Tim is in doubt about going to Russia, just send Joswiak instead.
Putin Russia, Yuna Kim gold stolen during Winter Game Sochi, Tim Cook banned being Gay!!!!!!! whats next Russia?????????????
Everyone should knows the KGB and Putin are a bunch of thugs. However, is it gay bashing if one respectfully disagrees with one’s lifestyle choices?
Saying gay people will bring Ebola to Russia is not remotely “respectful” and being gay is not a “lifestyle choice.” So yes, it is gay bashing.
I mean if they would have said HIV..
“In 2005, over half of new HIV infections diagnosed in the US were among gay men, and up to one in five gay men living in cities is thought to be HIV positive.”
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/09/070913132930.htm
“One’s lifestyle choices” is not of your business to begin with…
Although in your case if you can choose to be gay, then take care of your sweet ass with love, because you’re a permanent danger to yourself.
Cheers
A gay person is no more a permanent danger to him or her self being gay than a straight person is. Straights get all manner of STDs etc from shutting around, refusing to wear condoms, dirty needles and so on.
Seriuosly, get a life. People don’t CHOOSE to be gay. Many say they’d rather not be gay as it would be easier to live life around assholes like you. No person has the right to judge another, on anything personal (even the bible says this, to all you righteous judgemental Christians out there). Should we start making judgment on your sexual preference, or who you have sex with? For gods sake, grow a damn brain.
“Respectively disagrees. LOL.
How does one “respectfully disagree” with an immutable, unchosen characteristic of another person? Being gay is neither a “lifestyle” nor a “choice”.
Watch the HBO documentary called Hunted… Disagreeing is ok but what’s really happening is horrible.
Homosexuality is sexual perversion.
Citation to peer reviewed scientific journal to support that baseless assertion?
Anyone who promotes or seeks to normalize sodomy or lesbianism is teaching sexual perversion to children. Right morals do not come from scientific journals but are given to us by our creator. I dare you to read the bible and to try to prove it wrong. You can curse at the bible all you want, say it’s not scientific or what not. People whose god is science all deny the God who made all there is. His inspired word, the bible, was written and preserved so people who seek Him and His truths will find Him. Call me a “homophobiac” I don’t care. If you are a male homosexual I’ll call you a sodomite who is in need of salvation from the God who created you. God can forgive you of your sexual perversion if you ask Him to.
Sounds like you have been drinking the Fred Phelps kool aid way to long my friend. In all of your ramblings, did you forget that God also said something about love thy neighbor, forgive and forget, do not judge etc?
A talking snake, orders to commit infanticide, genocide, rape and four apostles whose conflicting versions of the resurrection are at odds with one another; yeah…….
Then YOU’re at a permanent danger of becoming gay. Be afraid of yourself… you may “learn” to like it. I wouldn’t want to be in your skin… a potential faggot.
Judge thee not or lest ye be judged, asshole!!
Ask yourself, what would Jesus do? He’d tell you get a fucking life and stop being such a bigoted, judgemental, righteous prick. He of course would embrace all those cast out by scum like you.
Yeah, well, seeing as there’s no such thing as a magical, omnipotent space daddy we can all breathe a sigh of relief at never having to listen to theological based claptrap and bullshit from you or anyone like you.
You, as all bigots should be, are dismissed.
1700 called. They want their idiot back.
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jeebus
Such a sad specimen of an Earthian.
Russia is full of anger and stupidity, so why should we care what they say!
Tim Cook? A maligned broken Robber Baron. Who’s forte, is being a ruthlessly efficient Task Master, for the Oligarchy. Who is worthy of praise from none, other than the Oligarchy. Whom which he serves.
So much dictionary for such little grammar.
Thank you, Dan!
Hopefully, you won’t forever be confused.
Milonov is still upset his wife left him after he couldn’t explain why his chin smelled like Tim’s balls…
Russia is the Uganda of the north.
Irony! Russia has biggest HIV epidemic. And it is huge. Source:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-13/russian-hiv-surge-shows-scourge-sochi-games-swagger-can-t-mask.html
go ahead Russia, but then you also have to ban all Apple executives etc cause they have been around Tim. And all Apple products cause Tim loves to go to the factories and prance around and spread his Gay over everything.
Plus side is that will put a huge reseller market out of business. More iPhones and iPads for us gay lovers
What a biased article, filled with hasty generalisations, like “Russia is already overrun with AIDs and gonorrhea cases”, or “idiotic words of a homophobe”. An article-writer cannot be taken seriously, when the whole article represents his or her subjective viewpoint.
I strongly disagree with this article. People have not been arrested in Russia for their sexuality. Such megacities as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and others with dozens of millions of inhabitants take the movement of people with a different sexuality as a given and these cities are no less developed than the ones of the Western world.
You, Americans, are so intolerant!*** And writing an article with no proof of the homophobic discrimination is very one-sided of you. If you were to live in Russia, you would understand the difficulties the country has gone through. And you could cut Russia some slack. Oh, sorry! Russia is not “Western” enough for you? Is it because the US is being the perfect etalon and is showing the other “underdeveloped” countries how to react to certain cultural aspects?
The anti-Russian fanaticism is making me mad. Think before you write your next biased piece of foolish clutter. Remember, a writer should be as objective as possible. No wonder Americans think poorly of Russia. Posts, similar to yours, set the mood for your nation.
***Yes, that is a hasty generalisation as well; not all Americans are intolerant. Just showing you how easy it is to be objective in your writing.
Gay teens are routinely targeted and attacked in Russia, and the police do nothing. Anti-gay laws have been passed by the national Duma and local cities preventing LGBT people from discussing who they are or organizing for their rights. Laws are being considered to remove children from homes with gay parents. Russia’s record of LGBT rights and freedoms is bad and getting worse.
I will repeat for the ones who just don’t get it. LGBT social movements are accepted in all countries, though, on a different level. And that level depends on the culture and traditions of the countries. You cannot compare the position of a Canadian, let’s say, towards gay marriage to the opinion of a native of Papua New Guinea. Different historical conventions lead to different viewpoints, my friend.
However, most of my argument from above was about the narrow-mindedness of the author in his “article”, full of his one-sided personal opinions and not the Russian ‘anti-gay’ propaganda.
In other news:
“Vitaly Milanov Scores High In World A-Hole-O-Meter Rankings, Passes With Flying Rainbow Of Colors”
I often visit tech websites to get away from YouTube type comment conversations (a.k.a hardcore trolling) but have now learned that there is no way to avoid them.
Putin will teach you to love the motherland!!
“Bravely and historically” absurd!
“Let me be clear:” I’m proud to be heterosexual , and I consider being heterosexual among the greatest gifts my Creator has given me and the human race.
For if we all were stricken with the birth defect of the homosexuals, there would be no human race.
And the maligned attempt to normalize homosexuality, has spawned the abject amoral hedonist bisexuals, transsexuals etc… etc… while expediting the degradation of our societal character.
The consequences of the homosexual inclination are not something to be proud of and It’s damn sure not gay!
Sit down, bro. You’re not making any sense. God loves all his children the same, and you are no one to judge homosexuals.