The image first appeared in response to a 2013 law banning “propaganda of homosexuality among minors”, a law which restricts human rights and has fuelled homophobia. It emerged this week that the satirical image of President Putin in make-up – which carries the caption, “Putin voters… they say there are lots of them, but there aren’t any among the people I know” – has been added to the Ministry of Justice’s list of banned “extremist materials”. “Rather than clamping down on political satire, the state should be using the machinery of justice to investigate the recent horrific reports of mass abduction, torture and killings of gay men in Chechnya.” “In its twisted definition of justice, the Russian authorities have chosen to use anti-extremism legislation to silence peaceful freedom of expression at a time when state-supported homophobia inspires violence across the country. He needs compassion and help, which we'd guess he isn't receiving anywhere.ApRussian authorities ban Putin ‘gay clown’ meme but fail to investigate homophobic killingsĪfter the Russian government banned a digitally altered image depicting President Vladimir Putin wearing lipstick and mascara – widely reported in global media as a “gay clown” meme – Sergei Nikitin, Director of Amnesty International’s Moscow office, said: We don't need to vilify him for his immature views on equal rights.
The LGBT-oriented site Qweerty also covered the story of how this confused child needs help, not ridicule. His video "Gay Marriage – Is It Right or Wrong?" generated over 11,000 comments by press time, mostly critical, many laced with profanity.
With his popularity, however, have come tens of thousands of comments from the YouTube community, the vast majority of them insulting. His 13 videos have become a YouTube sensation, approaching 1 million hits over the last four weeks, making ChristianU2ber the thirteenth most-viewed YouTube contributor in the "Gurus" channel over the past month. The Christian Conservative blog World Net Daily covered the story reported on how the young Christian was subjecting himself to ridicule, but racking in the views. The online bullying of Christianu2uber, and his responses caught the attention of a number of blogs. Videos (starting with Blueswimmer's) dedicated to him being a "homo" were created, prompting him to make one of his final videos: Soon, comments on his videos, especially "Stop Calling me a Homo," were met with ridicule. It's not a bad thing really, but it's just not normal."Īt one point, Christianu2uber's videos became the subject of threads all over 4chan. So gay marriage is wrong and you may think it's right but really it's wrong because if you can picture this, picture getting married to your hand … I know that's a stupid example, but how abnormal does that sound? That's exactly how abnormal that gay marriage is. The original account was deleted.)Īt first I had no idea that it was a sin to get married if you're gay but then I heard it on the news and, well, I figured it out and I used to be and then I decided it's wrong and I stopped it and now I am very interested in girls.
(Note: this is not ChristianU2ber's original account. After mindlessly stating that he had "used to be gay," ChristianU2ber opened up the floodgates for ridicule and, naturally, parody. However, being 12 years old, he did not completely understand what he was saying.
#STOP THATS GAY MEME SERIES#
In April of 2009, a 12-year-old YouTuber ChristianU2ber, identified only as Scott, released a series of videos in which he expressed the need to "shape your views" to his own anti-gay, Christian, 12 year old world-view. Exhibit A: "Stop Calling Me a Homo" YouTube Drama. Troll bait is a term used to describe any individual who unknowingly attracts trolls or easily falls prey to such scheme.