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Originally Posted by Far-L
I seriously think you are missing the point entirely. Moreover, you are obviously trying to twist what I am saying into something entirely different. Take a big deep breath, think of rainbows, and calm down so you can grasp my meaning rather than trying to come up with some argument that takes a few words from a sentence out of context to try and find something to attack.
In the US, Blacks are still lynched too, dragged behind cars, shot for being Black, etc. All sorts of equally heinous shit. What is your point? I am not trying to say that gays are not persecuted worldwide. Nor am I saying that they haven't made a major leap forward with recent political milestones in the US. Oddly enough, the same amendments that helped blacks move forward politically in the US have been repealed within a day of the other being granted so time will only tell if blacks and other minorities are going to be shoved back fifty years in terms of race discrimination. A lot of intelligent people are saying that it will.
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Never like to disagree with you- but that shit is done by criminals who stand a good chance to get punished for it. The people you saw hanged above were hanged for not hiding well enough, and daring to be who they are. They were hanged in front of little kids and the people who hanged them laughed about what they did.
You're also seemingly looking at it with very American eyes. Blacks aren't lynched by whites in Kenya, but gays are damn sure jailed right now. "In February 2010, a rumor spread in the coastal town of Mtwapa that two Kenyan men were going to marry in a local hotel. The rumor unleashed a "house-to-house witch hunt by anti-gay vigilantes, street attacks targeting gay men, the sacking of an AIDS-fighting medical center, and a widening wave of ultra-homophobic national media coverage"
False Gay Marriage Rumor Sparks Kenyan Riots
In Sudan right now, a gay man who chooses not to hide risks being put to death. There is no country on this earth where a black man can be put to death for being black. 79 countries criminalize being gay right now, with penalties ranging from jail to 10 years hard labor to death. There is no country on this earth where being of recent African descent is grounds for criminal charges.
So if gay people are not careful, and don't hide well enough, and don't choose to just not be gay, 40% of the countries in the world will prosecute them for it. Yes, it is different from being black, although, there are numerous people who are both, and they seem to really believe that they have the right to be who they are, and not have to spend their days in hiding, terrified of being hung in public by police and military.
I still don't understand why discrimination of any type is somehow more tolerable than any other type.