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That is NOT every Middle East country. Those that cry down with the west etc. are almost always an extreme, vocal, political minority. This idea, essentialisati
by Sporktacular 5y ago
That is NOT every Middle East country. Those that cry down with the west etc. are almost always an extreme, vocal, political minority. This idea, essentialisation, is the basis of all bigotry.
- x3n0ph3n3 5y agoEver tried to be a homosexual in any of those countries?
- aaomidi 5y agoThis is an amazing argument considering what the US is going through right now. Also, considering how many of these 'conservative' countries were created by US & European regime change policy. Your elected officials shoved these fuckers on us.
- x3n0ph3n3 5y agoLast I checked, gay marriage is legal in the US and homosexuality is punishable by death in the vast majority of Muslim countries. Don't blame the US and Europe for a religious doctrine that is accepted by the majority of people in those nations.
- aaomidi 5y agoExcept I will because US and Europe are why places like Iran have the IRI. Maybe try talking to Iranians sometimes :)
- Sporktacular 5y agoAnd for a time it was punishable in the US too. That they haven't caught up yet is a reflection of their governments more than their people. Or is it our genes that make us enlightened?
- aaomidi 5y agoAnd we got __really__ lucky in the US about 2015. This could've gone much worse.
- Sporktacular 5y agoI've known many homosexuals in the Middle East. A government's line does not define a country.
- bsder 5y agoIt's not every Middle East country. And it's often not the civilians. And many of those countries have completely legitimate gripes with the US. However, in a lot of the modern Middle East conflicts (Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, for example) ALL the leaders are hot garbage (even and especially the ones that the US chooses to support), and the world would be better off if they all died in a fire. And, quite often, when the invaders go home, the sects and tribes go back to killing each other with vigor. None of this is a recipe for sympathy from the West.