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Yeah, I was confused by the same thing. It is one thing to promote drugs/alcohol/etc., but what does “traditional lifestyle” even mean. I have a strong feeling
by filoleg 2y ago
Yeah, I was confused by the same thing. It is one thing to promote drugs/alcohol/etc., but what does “traditional lifestyle” even mean.
I have a strong feeling that the answer to this will heavily depend on the region. And for countries that already have similar legislation (which is mostly just various flavors of religious states for now), I will just say, I neither vibe with their idea of “traditional” (women not being able to drive a car or walk in public without a male chaperone, stiffling freedom of speech because badmouthing the politicians and higherups, etc.) nor would want to live there for plenty of practical reasons beyond that. And for non-theocratical states, we got Russia with their prison sentences for “promoting alternative homosexualism lifestyles” (with “promoting” including just silly stuff like displaying the pride flag or posting a pro-lgbtq tweet).
All of those things are done in favor of “promoting traditional lifestyles” (or in favor of “discouraging ‘harmful’ non-traditional lifestyles”, depending on what those governments feel like going with on a particular day). And all I can say is that those places just seem like they would be plain sucky to live in[0] for many reasons beyond that, with their “traditional lifestyle”-related legislation being just a symptom of the larger incompetence and idiocy.
0. Had about 15 years of experience formerly living in one of those places, and can confirm that it sucks beyond belief. And it wasn’t even that bad compared to other more religious and authoritarian places.
- surfingdino 2y ago> but what does “traditional lifestyle” even mean. It's the lifestyle that facilitates control over population in a dictatorial/theocratic regime.