This is not to condone the actions and policing of the Russian state, but to recognize that Western reactions to it are informed by a much deeper imperialist history. UK broadcaster Stephen Fry wrote a letter urging British Prime Minister David Cameron to push for the removal of the 2014 Sochi Olympics from Russia, stating that Russia could not be seen as having the approval of the 'civilised world'. Fry offers Utah as one alternative Olympic site (as if Utah were not violently occupied land). Perhaps this is just as well, since David Cameron wants to export gay marriage all over the world--Cameron seems totally on board with the colonial application of LGBT politics.
Snow White and the Fucked Up Ways People in the West Are Talking About Russia --- Janani, Black Girl Dangerous
This article really gets at why it irritates me so much to see rich white gays in the U.S. dumping vodka down the drains as if it is helping anything.
