Replace monument of Catherine II with a sculpture of gay porn star Billy Herrington?

The Ukrainians are really trolling the Russians with this one. It appears they want to remove a monument of Catherine the Great and replace it with a monument to a porn star.

We have some Russian members here. What is going on with this one? Is it just a national level troll?

Zelensky will consider a petition to replace the Odessa monument to Catherine II with a sculpture of gay porn star Billy Herrington

thethreadtimes.com...

A petition calling on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to commemorate American pornographic actor Billy Herrington with a monument in Odessa has passed 25,000 votes and must now be considered. Activists want Herrington’s likeness to replace that of Russian Empress Catherine the Great.

The petition's author wrote that this would make the statement that "Odessa is not a part of Russian culture but has its own culture and sense of humor," and would send "a clear signal that Ukraine supports the LGBT community." Furthermore, he wrote that a monument to Herrington would be "fun and funny" and would be worth it for "memes."

Herrington filmed adult movies, most of them with other men, between 1990 and his death in a car accident in 2018.

ukrainetoday.org... -billy-herrington/

On the website of the Office of the President of Ukraine, a petition to replace the Odessa monument to the Russian Empress Catherine II with a sculpture of the American gay porn actor Billy Herrington received more than 25,000 votes. Now Vladimir Zelensky must consider this appeal of concerned citizens.

Note that the petition received the required number of votes in less than two months.

In addition to popular love, Herrington also achieved professional recognition. In 2000, he became the “man of the year” according to the American porn production company Colt Studio, and in 2002 he was awarded the “Best Group Sex Scene” award according to the Adult Erotic Gay Video Awards for his participation in the film “Subdued”.

They haven't being trolling thus far.

a reply to: infolurker

The same Zelensky that had a issue with Canada returning a oil pipe to Germany i suppose Zelensky doesn't mind if Europe or Russia cuts the gas to Europe for the two winters?

a reply to: infolurker
It really is a Full Moon tonight!

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I think Billy Herrington was a talented human, in body and mind.
His memes are incredible, and his performance acting was better than the majority of the adult film industry.

The world lost a special kind of gem with the passing of Billy.

I can see arguments for maintaining the historical Catherine statute, but I personally, would enjoy for Billy Herrington to have some further international recognition after death.

I'm not even gay, I've just seen his work because of memes, and I really think he was pretty cool.

It will make a nice target for a guided missile sent over from Russia.

This sounds like a scheme hatched from one of the US alphabet agencies.

Was it a statue of Catherine riding a horse ...ironically more debauchery

www.straightdope.com...

originally posted by: putnam6
Was it a statue of Catherine riding a horse ...ironically more debauchery

www.straightdope.com...

human intercourse with a horse won't work.

neither are built for it.

fore play would kill the human female.

it's rough.

2400 lbs biting and kicking. .kinda scary,

dad tried to mate our morgan stud with our appaloosa.

he was between them, he was lucky he didn't get killed. it wasn't successful.

human females don't have the right behavior and scent.btw. i don't need to go on,

stud horses that bring big bucks for their seman are milked and the female is inseminated. to avoid injuries.

not even Imhotep could have designed a pulley system for the stud.

originally posted by: sarahvital

originally posted by: putnam6
Was it a statue of Catherine riding a horse ...ironically more debauchery

www.straightdope.com...

human intercourse with a horse won't work.

neither are built for it.

fore play would kill the human female.

it's rough.

2400 lbs biting and kicking. .kinda scary,

dad tried to mate our morgan stud with our appaloosa.

he was between them, he was lucky he didn't get killed. it wasn't successful.

human females don't have the right behavior and scent.btw. i don't need to go on,

stud horses that bring big bucks for their seman are milked and the female is inseminated. to avoid injuries.

not even Imhotep could have designed a pulley system for the stud.

This isn't even really about the horse, I read the article in the 80s when I had the Straight Dope book and knew it was false but it always stuck with me, And it's why I looked it up and posted it. I absolutely loved the Straight Dope have all of his books and even enjoy the now defunct website. Which has a cool message board that is the only thing still active and of course all of Cecil's columns. It was the right format for a guy, informative and humorous as well as educational.

Though the horse story is false her human sexual proclivities were still voracious and somewhat legendary, thus you can see why it stuck in my guy mind.

thus the irony her statue is to be replaced by a porn star ie more debauchery.

beyond.britannica.com...

Catherine the Great’s accomplishments as empress of Russia (1762–96)—including expanding the empire’s power and territory—are probably not as well-known as the legends of her voracious sexual appetite. Stories abound of her many, usually younger, lovers; a sex room complete with a penis and vulva table; and her alleged death from attempting sex with a horse.

Although colorful, many of these tales are just myths. Catherine did have lovers. She had at least three during her husband’s lifetime, and she hinted that none of her four children were fathered by Peter III. In her later life, Catherine had affairs with younger men up until the time of her death. But the numbers are hardly enough to call her a nymphomaniac. Some sources estimate that she had 22 lovers. If affairs with these flames took place during the 51-year span between her marriage in 1745 and her death in 1796, 22 is not so many. Indeed, the numbers suggest that each of those relationships would have likely lasted for at least two years.

As noted above, Catherine had young lovers up until her death, but none of them were animals. The empress did not die unexpectedly at the age of 67 from having sex with a horse, but rather from a stroke (some say she suffered the stroke on her toilet—but no, it was in the toilet, a room for dressing and grooming). She died the next day, November 6, 1796. And that alleged erotic room and furniture? Their existence has never been confirmed.

Many sources have noted that the lewd rumors of Catherine’s sexcapades were made up by her enemies as a means of distracting or embarrassing her at court. Indeed, stories of sexual promiscuity denigrate the legacies of many powerful women, including Elizabeth I, Marie Antoinette, and Cleopatra. I would argue that these narratives were all probably fabricated by patriarchy determined to diminish a powerful woman’s accomplishments.

originally posted by: infolurker

We have some Russian members here. What is going on with this one? Is it just a national level troll?

Apparently they want to show their disrespect to the German princess who became the Russian Empress and decided to build Odessa.

No different then isis blowing up historical sites except this is cool because it’s the in the flavour of the month, blue and yellow flavour.

a reply to: infolurker

My question is if they remove the statue of Catherine will it piss off Vlad the So So?