Russian paratroopers violently attack lone gay rights activist in St Petersburg

[another_liberal]

10. It is a disgusting thing to witness. Fortunately, the authorities did step in to stop it.

That this can happen in a major city in Russia is clearly awful, surely you know that the same scene could easily have taken place in any major American city as well. I really don't see the need to paint all of Russian society with the same homophobic brush. After all, several ordinary Russians can be seen in the video trying to separate the thugs from their gay activist victim before the police intervene to break it up, right?