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> But the West in the 21st century has put much more value on diversity and on preserving cultural and ethnic identities... Only minority identities, and only
by torstenvl 8y ago
> But the West in the 21st century has put much more value on diversity and on preserving cultural and ethnic identities...
Only minority identities, and only the approved ones. The West's "noble savage" narratives are almost as offensive as how it treats Wallonia or the Basques. And America loves you if you're Kurdish, but if you're a Yezidi woman they'll prosecute you for being a sex slave (forced concubinage to Da'esh apparently counts as material support of terrorism).
- wahern 8y agoSure. The diversity zeitgeist is no less hypocritical or capable of prejudice than previous eras.
- rexpop 8y agoThis is a horrific thing you have just described. Where is it documented how Yezidi women are prosecuted for supporting terrorism?
- torstenvl 8y agoThe case below isn't a prosecution, but a deportation of a Salvadoran slave. Forced to serve terrorists under threat of death = material support for terrorism. One of the experts consulted in the preparation of the article appears to have speculated that Yezidis would be treated similarly, but I can't find an actual example of that yet. https://theintercept.com/2018/06/09/immigration-terrorism-prosecutions-material-support-united-states/ https://theintercept.com/2018/06/09/immigration-terrorism-pr...
- InitialLastName 8y agoSo what you're saying is that you fabricated a horrific example that you can't back up with any information for to make your point?
- zeegroen 8y agoWhat's the problem with Wallonia?
- roel_v 8y agoHe's trying to paint the picture that Wallonia is a repressed ethnic minority. My head spins at the level of idea-twisting it would require to claim something like that. Otoh it's also interesting to find a new trope that this guy's ideological tribe is latching on to.