It is no secret that Scott Lively is one of the most dangerous and virulently anti-gay activist on the world stage. His involvement in the Kill the Gays Bill in Uganda is well-documented and, as a result, he is awaiting trial on crimes against humanity. However, Uganda isn't the only country he has been working with to rob LGBT people of their rights, dignity and even their lives. Lively has also been very involved in the recent crackdown in Russia, calling their anti-gay legislation one of his "proudest achievements."
It comes as a surprise to no one that anti-gay legislation gives not only governments free reign to discriminate and violate human rights, it also gives their citizens tacit permission to mete out vigilante "justice" with virtual impunity. In video after video, we have seen horrific scenes coming out of Russia, as LGBT people are kidnapped and tortured, their suffering posted to YouTube with twisted pride.
Just prior to the Sochi Olympics, the Human Rights Watch gathered excerpts of these videos and made their own video highlighting what is happening and why we should all be deeply concerned.
Trigger warning: brutally graphic violence:
Perhaps sensing that ahead of his trial, these videos stand to be submitted as evidence of the direct result of Lively's activism and the resulting uptick in violence in countries he has involved himself with, Lively is now suggesting that the attacks shown in the HRW video and others may have been staged by evil gay people in an effort to play victim and garner sympathy for a problem that doesn't exist. He further claims that videos depicting "unstaged" violence are actually “gay on gay” crimes so there is nothing to see here move along.
Last Fall, on behalf of pro-family advocates here in the United States and Canada, I sent a letter to President Vladimir Putin thanking his government for passing a law protecting Russian children from “gay” propaganda. In that letter I offered this warning:
In readying your society to recognize and counter the efforts of the militant gay movement it is important to understand that their propaganda and policies adhere invariably to the narrative that all disapproval of homosexuality leads inevitably to hatred, violence and murder of homosexuals. All of the pro-homosexual policies in the United States and Europe rest on this unstated and unchallenged but fictional premise. Thus, the homosexualist movement is not simply seeking social tolerance, or acceptance, but political power and control. They want the power to stamp out all disapproval of homosexuality in your society and to compel every citizen (especially the youth) to embrace the view that homosexual conduct is good and normal….In the coming months and years Russia and Her people will be increasingly portrayed by emotion laden and abusive hyperbole as bigoted haters, intent on exterminating homosexuals.
So in conclusion, I say the Human Rights Watch video is just another piece of deceptive Machiavellian “gay” propaganda, offered to prove the completely false narrative that all disapproval of homosexuality leads to hatred and murder. Whether or not any parts of the video are unstaged, the product as a whole is perpetrating a hoax.
Do not be fooled. The “gays” are not the victims, at least not as a class. In stories like this they are usually the bullies beating up each other (or themselves) on and off camera, sometimes by consent, to dupe the public into granting them collective “victim status,” with all of the extensive social and political benefits that entails.
If you have the opportunity, I urge you to read the entire piece posted at Liberty Counsel’s website
BarbWire here. It is a rambling and paranoid screed in which he makes the same claim about Uganda while dismissing the Matthew Shepard murder as the granddaddy of all LGBT propaganda hoaxes.
Whether Lively is simply trying to cover his ass by claiming his activism most certainly has not led to violence and murder, or whether he truly believes that we are staging attacks for own political ends is beside the point. Either way, Scott Lively remains a dangerous man with an unbridled hatred for gay people who has gained the attention of governments who would like to implement his solutions.
Via Right Wing Watch.