Pussy Riot punk prayer "Virgin Mary, Put Putin Away" w/English. ARE THESE WOMEN AWESOME OR WHAT?

[uhnope]

[Cooley Hurd]

1. Punk will never die as long as practitioners like PR live on!!!!

[dipsydoodle]

2. No.

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[rdharma]

3. Not only "no" but fug "no"!

They really suck! That shit isn't any better than neo-Nazi head-banger crap.

[uhnope]

4. The two Kremlin reps on DU, right on cue

[rdharma]

5. Nice unsubstantionated personal attack.

Keep it up!

[uhnope]

6. lol. nice try. it's not a personal attack to expose your pattern of defending Putin, the dictator,

every chance you get, and to denigrate anything that reflects badly on Putin, like Pussy Riot.

Did you know that DU is for progressives?

Did you know that the opposite of progressive is support for a dictator, especially a dictator that is squashing gay rights, closing down independent media and wrecking democracy as actively as Putin is?

Of course you know that. You aren't stupid. You are consciously pro-Putin. Why don't you just come out and tell us all about your motivation?

[rdharma]

7. Tell us about YOUR motivation, my RW friend.

Please tell how the interim govt. will stand up for gay rights.

Please tell us how the interim govt. will stand up to neo-Nazi fascist thugs in their midst.

Sweet Jesus on a bike, please tell us ANYTHING that tells us you have an idea of what's going on in the region!

[uhnope]

8. Oh I see. So now you're back to Ukraine. What a coincidence.

What a coincidence you support Putin's incursion in the Ukraine's Crimea region and also oppose Pussy Riot which has nothing to do with Ukraine but everything to do with exposing Putin's Russian dictatorship.

The common denominator: you support Putin. You support the Putin dictatorship. Whether that means dissing Pussy Riot or supporting the takeover of Crimea or whatever the issue is.

And when asked directly to explain yourself, you deflect. You call it "straw man" or accuse the question of being "RW". RW--what a laugh since I've mentioned gay rights in Russia and support for Pussy Riot, both of which are the opposite of RW.

You want me to explain myself? Sure. Uncompromising proponent of human rights, of democracy over dictators, of gay rights, of freedom of speech, etc. I have fought neo-Nazis in Eastern Europe. I've both lived in Eastern Europe and stayed in the Ukraine and Crimea. I have several close friends who are Russian Ukrainians, who despite being ethnic Russians, despise Putin and recognize him as another dictator in the Stalin mode.

There's no excuse for being pro-Putin, but in this world of FOX/RT, ridiculousness knows no bounds. So, your turn. Second chance. Explain yourself.

[dipsydoodle]

9. And yet you often chose

to pursue unrelated subjects concerning Russia generally classed in with the price of eggs.

As the subject here is actually Pussy Riot if you've not done so then you might want to search Voina and sex in public in a museum.

[uhnope]

12. ungarble that post to make your point clearly

and you might get a reply

[dipsydoodle]

13. I wasn't looking for a reply

"What's that got to do with the price of eggs" denotes an irrelevance or non sequitur in a current discussion.

[uhnope]

14. BTW what do you think of Putin?

[dipsydoodle]

15. He is the President of Russia

As such he just "is".

[uhnope]

16. oh really? It's not appropriate to comment about the dictator Putin?

Very interesting. I don't know how you can say comment is not "needed." That's the essence of free speech. It's also the essence of the fight for human rights in the world--we comment, we agitate, we fight for human rights all around the globe.

So, what do you think of Putin's crackdown on gay rights?
What do you think of the hard prison time for Pussy Riot's protest?
What's your comment on Putin's amassing of power for 20 years?
How about the closing of the independent TV stations in Russia?

[Downtown Hound]

17. Talk about a wimpy answer. n/t

[roguevalley]

23. Hitler was chancellor of Germany. I wouldn't classify him as just 'is' anymore than I

would cut Cheney/Bush any slack. Putin in a fucking criminal and may Pussy Riot who forgot more about courage than this entire board will ever know live on forever. IMO.

[Cha]

22. I'll take that one.. Putin is an asshole.. I don't care what the Putin Fan club

has to say about him.

[Downtown Hound]

18. Well, given that this was never a post about Ukraine, but about Pussy Riot

my motivation is to call you out on your bullshit. I really don't know what the new Ukrainian government is going to do about gay rights. But I do know that Pussy Riot is out there defending them, often at great personal risk to themselves.

And that makes them a hell of a lot cooler than you and Putin.

[blackspade]

21. neo-Nazi head-banger crap?

Such as what?
Why are you linking metal with Neo-Nazies?
And how are they sick?
Please define your terms.

[Theyletmeeatcake2]

10. Wow they've got BALLS!!!

May need a few music lessons but A for effort...don't think any western state is any better in how it treats people that have an agenda that's against the status quo...

[rumdude]

11. They are pretty awesome

I saw their interview on Colbert -- funny and whip smart.

[MrMickeysMom]

19. Thank you for the translation...

It makes perfect sense, now!

Pussy Riot…. Here! Here!

[blackspade]

20. Awesome is as awesome does!

The world needs way more pussy riot.

[Inkfreak]

24. It's pretty horrendous music.

I saw the documentary on them and the Colbert Report had two members on for an interview. I was impressed with what they had to say and with their determination. They are some tough women.

I realize it's the message not the music. But yea..that's some pretty bad music. IMO. Like that song "Free Pussy Riot" tho. Catchy.