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04-06-2017, 01:18 PM
Vladimir Putin HATES this meme so much Russia banned it
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A viral meme appears to have hurt poor Russian President Vladimir Putin's very sensitive feelings.
Last week, the Russian justice ministry added an image of Putin as a gay clown to its list of banned extremist images. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/05/its-**w-illegal-in-russia-to-share-an-image-of-putin-as-a-gay-clown/?utm_term=.fa48aa820788) The government **w has a list of over 4,000 images they consider "extremist propaganda," including, apparently, memes of clowns.
SEE ALSO: Obsessed with the Trump-Russia drama? You're doing it right. (http://mashable.com/2017/03/04/trump-russia/)
The meme emerged (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/05/its-**w-illegal-in-russia-to-share-an-image-of-putin-as-a-gay-clown/?utm_term=.fa48aa820788)in 2013 after Russia began to ***** down on the LGBTQ community and banned sharing "**ntraditional ***ual relations propaganda" with children.
The meme has exploded in recent years as the government aggressively policed free speech and ***ual mi**rities. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/05/russia-bans-putin-gay-clown-meme/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A viral meme appears to have hurt poor Russian President Vladimir Putin's very sensitive feelings.
Last week, the Russian justice ministry added an image of Putin as a gay clown to its list of banned extremist images. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/05/its-**w-illegal-in-russia-to-share-an-image-of-putin-as-a-gay-clown/?utm_term=.fa48aa820788) The government **w has a list of over 4,000 images they consider "extremist propaganda," including, apparently, memes of clowns.
SEE ALSO: Obsessed with the Trump-Russia drama? You're doing it right. (http://mashable.com/2017/03/04/trump-russia/)
The meme emerged (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/05/its-**w-illegal-in-russia-to-share-an-image-of-putin-as-a-gay-clown/?utm_term=.fa48aa820788)in 2013 after Russia began to ***** down on the LGBTQ community and banned sharing "**ntraditional ***ual relations propaganda" with children.
The meme has exploded in recent years as the government aggressively policed free speech and ***ual mi**rities. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/05/russia-bans-putin-gay-clown-meme/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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