{"id":44950,"date":"2022-03-21T14:19:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T18:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=44950"},"modified":"2022-03-21T14:19:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T18:19:14","slug":"sometimes-people-do-dumb-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=44950","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes People Do Dumb Things"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Daily Wire<\/a> recently posted an article titled, “The 7 Dumbest Reactions To The War In Ukraine.” I’m sure all of us could add to their list.<\/p>\n

Here is a brief summary of the list. Please follow the link above for details:<\/p>\n

1. \u201cRussian\u201d Vodka\u2026That Isn\u2019t Russian: …CEO Damian McKinney remembers that, when one British alcohol distributor threatened to eliminate Stoli from the service after the invasion, \u201cI said, \u2018Do you know we\u2019re Latvian?\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Putin\u2019s Crime, Dostoevsky\u2019s Punishment: The University of Milano-Bicocca announced<\/a> it would \u201cpostpone\u201d a course on Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky \u201cto avoid any controversy \u2026 during a time of strong tensions.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

Dostoevsky was sentenced to death in 1849 because he read a forbidden thing.<\/p>\n

3. Canceling Tchaikovsky: On March 2, The Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra announced<\/a> it had removed \u201cThe 1812 Overture\u201d by Pyotr Tchaikovsky from an upcoming concert…\u201cTchaikovsky was a gay, tolerant individualist who was little interested in nationalism, who even came to hate his 1812 overture…<\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Canceling a Russian pianist who condemned the Ukrainian invasion: A concert by Alexander Malofeev was canceled by the Vancouver Recital Society. The 20-year-old prodigy, who has relatives living in Ukraine, wrote<\/a> that \u201cevery Russian will feel guilty for decades because of the terrible and bloody decision that none of us could influence and predict.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

5. Feline organization bans Russian cats:…On March 3, NPR reported<\/a> (at your expense<\/a>) that the Luxembourg-based \u201cF\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale F\u00e9line (FIFe), an international cat federation with members in about 40 countries, is banning Russian cats from its competitions for the next three months \u2026\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

6. Russian dogs no longer man\u2019s best friend: Crufts\u2019 international dog show<\/a>, based in the U.K, and sponsored by The Kennel Club, has banned 51 dogs and 30 dog breeders<\/a> from participating because they are Russian.<\/strong><\/p>\n

7. EA Sports bans make-believe Russians from video game: One need not be real or alive to be canceled over Russia\u2019s conflict with the Ukraine. The video game company Electronic Arts (EA) announced<\/a> that it would remove<\/a> players\u2019 ability to play as the Russian team for EA Sports FIFA products, in order to \u201cstands in solidarity with the Ukrainian people.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beam me up, Scotty. There’s no intelligent life down here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Daily Wire recently posted an article titled, “The 7 Dumbest Reactions To The War In Ukraine.” I’m sure all of us could add to their list. Here is a brief summary of the list. Please follow the link above … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15025,11823,7146],"class_list":["post-44950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-boycotts","tag-the-daily-wire","tag-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44951,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44950\/revisions\/44951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}