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May 30, 2007
Quickie Link: Why Do We Ignore the Bigotry of Our Neighbours?
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By vanrozenheim
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If we were brave enough, we would go to make the point in Russia and across eastern Europe; places with no recent history of personal liberty, which are learning respect for lives different from their own. What we can certainly do is to maintain our own visibility; to take the trouble to phone in when a Ronni Ancona or a Catherine Tate is permitted a publicly funded display of bigotry. And, above all, to do what we wouldn't be permitted to do if we lived in Russia; on Gay Pride day this year, on 30 June, to take to the streets and march.
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