Just an update on that Arhinmäki protest thing.
http://www.finlandtimes.fi/national/2013/08/21/2106/Controversy-over-waving-%E2%80%98Rainbow%E2%80%99-flag-in-Moscow-by-Arhinm%C3%A4kiLots of loud protests against Arhinmäki because of his stunt. Mostly from homophobes but some are just concerned of what the Russians might do and how this could trouble our economy (Export to Russia has been increasing and helping our economy.)
But mostly it's just the homophobes and fundies. Two things that annoy me, that I am now taking the side of a leftist in this trainwreck and that so many of the fundies/homophobes are from my party. Well at least some of the complainers are also from the left as well. Stuff like "You were supposed to fight for the rights of the workers, not the rights of some faggots."
Also, I consider it funny that the one guy in Finland to protest against the Russian law is from Vasemmistoliitto (left wing union) which was formed from the four communist parties of Finland.
[There were several parties, The communist party of Finland had been formed in 1918 in Russia from the reds that escaped after losing the civil war, The democratic union of Finnish people and Democratic union of Finnish women formed by leftists in Finland in 1944 after communism became legal again and The democratic choice was formed by communists who had been kicked out of other parties due to disagreements. And this still leaves several leftist/communist parties in Finland. This ends the useless history lesson.]