Not sure the Kremlin really thought this one through…
The one sure way to generate more of an undesired behavior is to ban it and Russia has done just that with Vladimir Putin gay clown memes.
The action came in response to a image depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin as a potentially gay clown, The Washington Post reported.
It’s now illegal in Russia to share an image of Putin as a gay clown https://t.co/trihoOp6nt
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 5, 2017
The Russian government has deemed the image mocking Putin’s sexual orientation as “extremism.”
Unfortunately, Putin is not an American, where men his age can identify as pretty much anything they want, to include a 6-year-old girl.
Either way, the reaction on social media suggests the Kremlin should have left well enough alone. Meanwhile, drag queens are now offended that Putin is being referred to as gay in the image.
Here’s a sampling of the inevitable from Twitter:
@washingtonpost Huh. Is this illegal? pic.twitter.com/ZIK2xBHslt
— Jessica (@NoFascistsPls) April 5, 2017
@washingtonpost @z0mgItsHutch Well, the demand for gay Putin clowns just went up. I’m gonna capitalize on this meme. pic.twitter.com/iD2wST92q9
— Tyler (@Dy5function) April 5, 2017
@washingtonpost Because he’s gay or because he’s a clown? Or both?
— MeanGirls (@MeanGirls2u) April 5, 2017
@washingtonpost @LolaGirlinIndy So we’ll have to do it for them. Bring on the gay Putin clowns!
— Christina Jefferson (@tampagirl19655) April 5, 2017
@washingtonpost Or this? pic.twitter.com/29syZcNkbt
— Jessica (@NoFascistsPls) April 5, 2017
@washingtonpost But a heterosexual clown is OK, right?
— Cait Harding (@cait_harding) April 5, 2017
@washingtonpost That man has no sense of humor…or fashion sense. That blue eye shadow is so 70’s.
— J.C. Wilder (@jcwilder) April 5, 2017
@washingtonpost Interpreting that as “gay clown” rather than drag queen is probably just as offensive tbh
— Andrew Paul Wood?? (@AndrewPaulWood) April 5, 2017
@washingtonpost So much for my Putin birthday clown business. The kids will be so disappointed.
— Landon Wark (@lando_thedead) April 5, 2017
@washingtonpost I think the term is “Queen”
— Rob Delach (@GeoTechie) April 6, 2017
@washingtonpost @blakehounshell pic.twitter.com/rklBL2MB1B
— Davis Hurst (@davishurst) April 6, 2017
@washingtonpost Well that’s not a fascist regime. Nope. Next up: banning reading & writing#putingayclownasshat
— Odd Thomas (@tramsbottom1) April 13, 2017
@washingtonpost A ban on using ‘Putin is a dickhead’ (Путин – ху*ло) pending? LOL
— Gennadius Scholarius (@gennadius25) April 6, 2017
@washingtonpost Interesting. Will they start killing people for cartoons? Who does that? I could’ve sworn some terrorists banned images.
— Jane Black (@AmethystMimosa) April 6, 2017
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