#dump stoli

It’s the night of Woody’s “dump party,” when protesters are pouring liters of Stoli vodka (which turns out is not really Russian) down the drain in protest of Russia’s anti-LGBT laws. Dorien doesn’t support the dump. “Sixty to 70 percent of the people don’t even know what they’re fighting against,” he says. “Dan Savage is a tool.”

Snow White and the Fucked Up Ways People in the West Are Talking About Russia --- Janani, Black Girl Dangerous

Latvia’s leading gay rights group, Mozaika, has been leading the campaign to get well-intentioned Western comrades to cease boycotting Stolichnaya, arguing that it will only hurt Latvians who are committed to diversity and tolerance.

“Latvia was under Soviet occupation for over 50 years,” Mozaika board member Kaspars Zalitis wrote in a post on the group’s Facebook page, lamenting that many foreigners still mistakenly consider the small Baltic nation to be part of Russia. "Latvia is a proud member of the European Union and is striving to be an open, democratic country. We would kindly ask you to reconsider your actions in regards to ‘Dump Stoli! Dump Russian Vodka!’ as this campaign will only harm Latvia, Latvia’s economy and employees of the company Latvijas Balzams.”

Regarding SPI’s public relations efforts, Boxers’ Fluet said, “They need to move on from trying to convince us they’re not a Russian vodka and have a real conversation. They have the ability to pick up the phone and talk to Russian officials and we don’t.”

Let's boycott all liquor from every homophobic country

Alekseev added: ‘And what is the aim of this boycott? The producers, even if they become bankrupt because of the boycott (which is unlikely) will not be able to influence Russian politics and President Putin as well as the decisions of the State Duma.’