Russian TV Anchor Comes Out On Air, Gets Fired IMMEDIATELY

[TheDemSocialist]

"A Russian TV anchor was fired almost immediately after coming out as a gay man during a broadcast last week.

"I'm gay, and I'm just the same person as you, my dear audience, as President Putin, as Prime Minister Medvedev and the deputies of our Duma," KontrTV anchor Anton Krasovsky said directly into the camera during last Friday's broadcast."*

TV anchor Anton Krasovsky or Russia's KontrTV came out as gay on air, despite the country's starkly anti-gay attitudes and government policies. He was quickly fired. What changed the Russian people's minds about gay rights, and why? Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz, and Brian Unger discuss.

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I say we give this guy asylum in the US.

 

[Fisher]

so any gay foreigner needs to be fast tracked into the US--why exactly?

 

[TheDemSocialist]

so any gay foreigner needs to be fast tracked into the US--why exactly?

Because he is going to be targeted because of his sexuality.

 

[specklebang]

We don't support courage in the USA. Let the Russian NSA hunt him down with the same intensity as we are hunting Snowden.

 

[Beaudreaux]

This is from the country that has espoused the ideology you state is your choice. Maybe you should go over there and teach them how they've gone against the path of democratic socialism.

Just sayin'.

 

[ThePlayDrive]

Super brave guy. He should be applauded, for real, because he's putting his life on the line. I hope the Russian government doesn't arrest or do anything worse to him.

I don't know that I would call this an incidence of "bias" in the media. While the network could be anti-gay, it could also just be scared of severe legal repercussions or worse. Of course, the more brave thing to do would be to stand by the anchor, but I'm not sure what sort of consequences the individuals could face if they did.

 

[TheDemSocialist]

This is from the country that has espoused the ideology you state is your choice.

No. Marxist-Leninism is not democratic socialism

Maybe you should go over there and teach them how they've gone against the path of democratic socialism.

Just sayin'.

Well saying your "point" is based in no factual information...

 

[sangha]

This is from the country that has espoused the ideology you state is your choice. Maybe you should go over there and teach them how they've gone against the path of democratic socialism.

Just sayin'.

Russia is now a capitalist nation

Just sayin'

 

[Fisher]

Because he is going to be targeted because of his sexuality.

So have many Americans who have brought you freedom. Are gays in Russia somehow incapable of creating the same change in their own country? Do you will want every gay person in the world to flood into the US instead of standing up for themselves at home?

Seems a pretty weak position to me.

 

[Beaudreaux]

No. Marxist-Leninism is not democratic socialism


Well saying your "point" is based in no factual information...

I'm referring to Putin's Russia, not the USSR. And if you haven't noticed, the USSR hasn't been around for a while. Putin has instituted the modern version of Democratic Socialism in Russia. Venezuela tried but went further toward Marxist-Leninist, Maoist Communism than actual Democratic Socialism, even though Hugo Chavez is heralded as a stellar example of a Democratic Socialist.

 

[Beaudreaux]

Russia is now a capitalist nation

Just sayin'

Not really.

Their economy has capitalistic elements, but they are far from a capitalist nation. To say so, would allow for the same determination of China because Hong Kong exists.

 

[TheDemSocialist]

I'm referring to Putin's Russia, not the USSR.

Putin is part of a right wing party....

And if you haven't noticed, the USSR hasn't been around for a while.

Yea exactly why im confused how your trying to compare a far right wing corporatist capitalist party to a democratic socialist party, which holds little to no actual power in Russia.

Putin has instituted the modern version of Democratic Socialism in Russia.

Really? By supporting privatization, neo-liberal ideas, flat tax policy, and global "free trade"...

Venezuela tried but went further toward Marxist-Leninist, Maoist Communism than actual Democratic Socialism, even though Hugo Chavez is heralded as a stellar example of a Democratic Socialist.

:doh

 

[Beaudreaux]

Russia is now a capitalist nation

Just sayin'

I'm sorry to get off subject here, but...

Your avatar gives me the willies. One of the best movies of all times, and one of the best, and scariest performances by an actor. Ever.

 

[sangha]

Not really.

Their economy has capitalistic elements, but they are far from a capitalist nation. To say so, would allow for the same determination of China because Hong Kong exists.

Yes, really

It does have some non-capitalistic elements, but saying that it's not capitalist is like saying the US is not capitalist because we have Social Security

 

[Beaudreaux]

Putin is part of a right wing party....


Yea exactly why im confused how your trying to compare a far right wing corporatist capitalist party to a democratic socialist party, which holds little to no actual power in Russia.

Really? By supporting privatization, neo-liberal ideas, flat tax policy, and global "free trade"...


:doh

Seriously? You've bought all that. You do realize that what is referred to as the "right" there has nothing to do with the "right" here. What is considered "conservative" here has nothing to do with what is considered or called "conservative" in other countries or other political ideologies.

Putin would not be considered on the right here in the US. He would be further left than Bernie Sanders.

 

[TheDemSocialist]

Seriously? You've bought all that. You do realize that what is referred to as the "right" there has nothing to do with the "right" here. What is considered "conservative" here has nothing to do with what is considered or called "conservative" in other countries or other political ideologies.

Putin would not be considered on the right here in the US. He would be further left than Bernie Sanders.

:lamo
So any facts you wanna throw around or a bunch of talking points. Please tell me how Putin's russia is "democratic socialist".. .

 

[Beaudreaux]

Yes, really

It does have some non-capitalistic elements, but saying that it's not capitalist is like saying the US is not capitalist because we have Social Security

If I said the Russian economy was not capitalistic at all, then I was not correct. I was referring to the political structure more than the economic structure. Democratic Socialistic economies have to have some element of capitalism or the people suffer from devastating poverty (Russia, Cuba and China, until they started capitalistic reforms, and North Korea still / extreme examples that are not DS but rather Communist Socialist).

 

[Beaudreaux]

:lamo
So any facts you wanna throw around or a bunch of talking points. Please tell me how Putin's russia is "democratic socialist".. .

If you can't recognize your own chosen ideology when you see it, there's nothing I can do to help you out.

 

[sangha]

If I said the Russian economy was not capitalistic at all, then I was not correct. I was referring to the political structure more than the economic structure. Democratic Socialistic economies have to have some element of capitalism or the people suffer from devastating poverty (Russia, Cuba and China, until they started capitalistic reforms, and North Korea still).

I don't get that. Capitalism is not a political structure; it's an economic one.

As far as it's political system goes, it's barely "democratic".

 

[Beaudreaux]

I don't get that. Capitalism is not a political structure; it's an economic one.

As far as it's political system goes, it's barely "democratic".

I agree. Which brings me back to the original comment to the OP. The term Democratic Socialist is a misnomer to begin with.

If I'm rambling a bit, I apologize. I'm on pain meds right now.

 

[TheDemSocialist]

If you can't recognize your own chosen ideology when you see it, there's nothing I can do to help you out.

So no you cant?

 

[Beaudreaux]

So no you cant?

Can't and wont are two different things. It was my mistake to enter into this ridiculous premised thread and comment to you at all.

 

[Gipper]

Asylum for coming out? I hope to God that was sarcasm.

 

[Bodi]

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I say we give this guy asylum in the US.

He broke the law and should be fired... and he is gay.

 

[fmw]

Super brave guy. He should be applauded, for real, because he's putting his life on the line. I hope the Russian government doesn't arrest or do anything worse to him.

Super stupid guy. He should be rebuked. What on earth did he plan to achieve with that?