Observing reality violates russian law.

"Male penguins may exhibit homosexual behavior. However, as the author, I would like to make it clear I would NEVER have gay sex with a male penguin. That's gross. I would only ever have sex with a woman penguin, as Putin would want."

"Penguins can be, and often are, homosexual. Gross."

Kremlin approved!

Professional scientific journal: Here we see a pair of male penguins engaged in sexual behavior. They are icky.

I'd rather have my kids/friends be gay than being sent to the frontlines to die like a bug for some demented fool.

I'd rather have a gay parade pass by my door every day than have crazy criminal conscripts with PTSD running around free in my neighbourhood.

You don't even have to be a liberal to recognize this.

his publisher told him the descriptions of same-sex behavior in a book on animal sexual behavior were against the law

So it wasn't legally or expressedly banned by the govt. But in authoritarian fear-based and legally unpredictable states it's not unusual for people to individually take rules even further than technically necessary, to affirm their adherence to the system and to be safe from even the smallest suspicion or most ridiculous accusation.

Might be worth noting that the publisher (Eksmo-AST) is one of the biggest book publishers in Russia.

This is an opportunity to maliciously comply with the minimum most sarcastic but not super obviously sarcastic disgust possible

facts facts, facts facts facts, ewwww this is yuckyyyyyy facts facts facts facts

TOTALLY NORMAL RESPONSE TO THR NATURAL WORLD I'm a Russian immigrant in Canada, I moved with my family when I was 8 Its fucking embarassing to see how the place of my origin is going backwards in time Some creatures are gay a.f. get the hell over it As this point in time, the more I see the government fighting against the "gay agenda" the more I think Putin is just repressed as hell and wants a boyfriend so bad, but he caaant so no one can either >:| Also; when I lived there, I had a crush on a girl, my sister is Bi and sometimes; my dad says very homo erotic things without noticing, pretty sure he's bi too Didn't need the west corrupting me to turn out queer >:3

This is exactly what conservatives want in America.

It's shocking that it's not 1950 with some of the news we have these days.

I am expecting malicious compliance. "That disgusting member, oozing with precious bodily fluids...thirty inches, that corkscrews deep into the warm depths of the..."

“Here we see a pair of penguins displaying homoerotic displays of sexuality and affection.

Filthy nasty behaviour, and so naughty too. Look at em, they indulge in it like it’s the best thing ever. I mean I know I would being a penguin and all…”

Why -again- this obsessive need to know what people do with their peepees?

I am bi. Not that it matters, not that anyone needs to know, but I like more toys than you do, basically. Is that it? Jealousy? You want to play withy toys? I mean, I'd let you if you ask but... You know...

But alas, I know the answer, I know it's religion, and how it's always used to control the masses which mostly are simple minds.

I'm not trying to appear better, I'm not better than anyone else, but at least I'm an atheist and proud of it. Fuck your sick Bible stories and fuck your fairytale religions too.

Old white men with power are weirdos who ruin everything

If they are demanding displays of contempt, they should make it mandatory for all articles.

"This article concerns birds. Disgusting. I still cannot believe how low the once mighty dinosaurs have fallen."

Or:

"This article concerns snakes. I'm sorry, but I refuse to take legless creatures seriously."

There just has to be some fun examples of them maliciously complying with this requirement. Or is that a risky thing to do there?

Stories like this are why I chuckle at the "The only thing more powerful than hate is love" memes that are running rampant this morning.

It's like no one's looked out their window recently or ever cracked open a history book.

Penguins always do it for fun.

That's because they are not catholic.

so insane. XD imagine raging at reality this much. must be exhausting

This spits on all those dumb penguin edits lol

Adding the russian word for "Gross!" whenever I describe observations that are illegal.