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January 25, 2005
Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his bigoted Russian nationalist thugs are at it again. This time they are calling for a government ban on "all Jewish religious and community groups."
The seven-page call signed by 20 members of the 450-seat State Duma lower house of parliament that included the Communist Party and nationalist groups used some of the most profane language against Jews publicly published in the post-Soviet era.
"The whole democratic world today is under the financial and political control of the Jews," said the statement.
The group was led by Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his Liberal Democratic Party.
"We would not want our Russia, which is subject to a permanent, extra-legal war seeking to prevent its rebirth, to find itself among unfree countries," the statement said.
[Russia's nationalists call for ban on Jewish groups - AFP - 01-26-05]
You might remember this spectacular statement from Zhirinovsky last year calling for the execution of Russia's homosexuals.
The last statement on the "homosexual matter" was released from the leader of the Liberal and Democratic Party of Russia, Vladimir Zhirinovsky. The politician urged the deputies to introduce death penalty for homosexual activities. Zhirinovsky suggested the idea at the Duma during a discussion pertaining to the introduction of criminal responsibility for pederasty. Vladimir Zhirinovsky disagreed with a group of deputies and stated that homosexuality was one of the most dangerous crimes. According to the LDPR leader, all homosexuals should be executed. "We can put an end to this perversion, this influence of the Western civilization," said he.
[Criminal responsibility for homosexual activities likely to be introduced in Russia - PRAVDA - 10-05-04]
Not to worry, my fellow American patriots. If we listen to the few moderates left in America's Republican Party on issues of bigotry, all we have to do is have another Big Mac and take comfort in the numbers. The Communist and Liberal Democratic Parties of Russia don't have enough support to actually carry these threats through. It would be a waste of time for activists in Russia and elsewhere to worry about these pandering threats. Besides, they wouldn't dare slaughter Jews and homosexuals without at least a mandate or majority vote in the Duma, would they?
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