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Putin Doesn’t Hate Anybody, Not Even The Gays — Just Keep It Away From The Kids

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You know how much criticism I had to listen to, but all we did on the government and legislative level, to do with limiting (gay) propaganda among minors. In the meantime we should not create a torrent of hatred towards anyone in society, including people of non-traditional sexual orientation.”

Russian President and noted hate-torrent creator Vladimir Putin defending the anti-gay propaganda law while warning against homophobia — or rather, phobia of people of non-traditional sexual orientation — ahead of the 2014 Sochi Olympics via Reuters.

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