Sunday, March 1, 2015

Boris Nemtsov Murdered



The prime suspect orders a thorough investigation.



Nemtsov speaking at an opposition rally.



Nemtsov under arrest in 2010




Nemtsov lying murdered on the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge in Moscow yesterday.  Four bullets in the back



Mourners on the bridge today


Liberalism and liberal values of Liberty and Equality are challenged and attacked everywhere these days, including the good ol' USA.  Supremacism in the forms of nationalism, social Darwinism, and religious fanaticism threatens to roll back and end the liberal vision of universal enfranchisement.

I am grateful for people like Nemtsov who for all their flaws and weaknesses, are willing to give the last full measure of their devotion to the idea that all of their neighbors should enjoy the same rights and liberties as themselves.

Without those ideas fellow LGBTQ kids, we'd all be in jail waiting to be "treated" and euthanized.

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1 comment:

  1. JCFMarch 1, 2015 at 11:42 PM

    [When I want to embed something, I regret you don't have Disqus! Cross-posted to Joe.My.God]

    For Nemtsov, and (just-murdered Bangladeshi secular blogger) Avjiit Roy, this seems appropriate:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-sSIttqH5Cs

    ["Biko", Peter Gabriel]

    "You can blow out a candle
    But you can't blow out a fire
    Once the flames begin to catch
    The wind will blow it higher"

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