Sometimes a story is so absurd by its own making, all we can do is relay the facts. Because really, what is there to say about this hilarious-if-it-wasnât-so-real failed attempt by Putinâs United Russia Party to make a stand against the universally recognized and celebrated LGBT rainbow flag?
The flag you see to the right was unveiled as part of Russiaâs annual Day of Family, Love, and Fidelity (great name, guys), and depicts the ideal nuclear family â a mother, father and three children. And by three children they mean two boys and one girl, naturally. United Russia wouldnât want to accidentally empower women or anything.
Andrei Lisovenko, deputy head of the United Russia branch in Moscow, told the Izvestia newspaper, âThis is our response to same-sex marriage, to this mockery of the concept of the family.â
âWe have to warn against gay-fever at home and support traditional values in our country.â
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âWe are speaking of the traditional family. We mean the average standard Russian family that is ours: mother, father and three children.â
It was even launched with its very own hashtag â #realfamily, and comes in three stylish colors.
If you were feeling extra generous (and we arenât), you could almost commend them for trying to think outside the box, but as some were quick to point out, the stupid flag is actually a ripoff of another stupid flag.
Notice the similarity between the Russian flag and that of La Manif Pour Tous, a French group against gay marriage. The ideal Russian family apparently has one more child than the French:
Others just pointed out the obvious:
Erk. Russiaâs Straight Family Pride flagâŚI mean, statistically speaking one of those kids is probably gay⌠pic.twitter.com/mFLmUxp0OZ
â Chris Jones (@ChrisJonesGeek) July 8, 2015
Richard Holaday
“HACTORWARCEMBR”?? Ă°??? lol
Steve McSheffrey
Ladbrook
The stupid. It burns.
1EqualityUSA
Putin’s flag is missing his mistress.
Giancarlo85
And Russia is doing such a great job with families. Alcoholism is rampant, men barely live to the age of 57 and there are over ten million heroin addicts. The population is in a decline too. So much for that traditional family ideal. Doesn’t seem to be happening in Russia.
Bauhaus
@1EqualityUSA:
Moreover, Putin’s flag does not illustrate his own failed marriage and consequent DIVORCE.
GlĂźcklich
@Giancarlo85:
Don’t forget flailing economy, nothing to buy, families so desperate they’re selling “the girl” into sex slavery, anyone who can afford to is moving to the UK, disastrous Olympics…
Trippy
Vlad Putin is basically channeling the old 1990’s rhetoric from those twin towers of hypocritical buffoonery, Rush and Newt. While criticizing Clinton for “destroying the moral fabric of the country” and “mocking marriage,” both were doing the same thing at exactly the same time. They’re all pigs.
McShane
The mom on the right just feels more comfortable in slacks and a chic short bob.
broadshoulder
I find this stuff offensive…
chinadad
why not hijack the hashtag? submit our families to #realfamily ?
Catherine Gordon
Oh, give it up Putin, your flag is ugly! Perhaps one of those adult figures is trans?
RobvR
Two boys and one girl? That will lead to an overdosis of men. What will those men do when there aren’t enough girls around?! Right! The cure is worse than the decease Vlamidmirovich đ It’s nice to see that there are pink versions of the flag though. And “gay fever”? News flash: it’s not a virus!! But that’s won’t ever be an item on Russia Today…..
RobvR
*Vladimirovich
William F Tulloch
It’s clearly two lesbians – one butcher one more feminine – with their three adopted children
Billy Budd
Disgusting.
GlĂźcklich
@Richard Holaday:
According to Google Translate, it sounds like
nastoyashchaya sem’ya
jason smeds
It’s hilarious that a country racked by a vodka-related health crisis would be so concerned about the traditional family.
Ray Ousley
It’s ratchet as hell!