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Burkina Faso bans homosexuality as a crime punishable with prison, fines
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Washed up tired old reactionary bigotry logic sadly common too. This defensive rethoric in favor of bigotry is doing an incredible disservice to people in these countries, implying they can't uphold socialist liberal principles on their own, they're incapable of this because reasons and therefore we're not allowed to criticize. Do you think global south LGBTQ people are ready and willing to throw themselves to the gallows for the "greater good"? You know damn fucking well anyone affected by this would obviously denounce it. So do you think people who are victims of this are not criticizing it too? Do we need to go to their prisons full of minorities just to get "both sides"? So after you hear how much they hate it then will you accept the criticism as a valid reason to disown this shit? Yeah fuck off, you`re the one who needs to STFU.
Demanding absolute unconditional support for people that prove they suck in some way or another is not a tactic for building a lasting movement. Please show us the massive success of this great global south socialist project built on top of compromising and accepting every bigoted fascist there is... You`re right, there is none.
And btw you don't even know how many people here are even "western", shut the fuck up with the reddit bro culture. The year is not 2020 anymore and this isn`t fucking chapo reddit. Grow the fuck up. One of the most embarassing shit on this site, the root of the huge struggle session with the previous celebrity last year that "came back" to "fix" us. Stop assuming just because you're a cis cracker everyone else must be too.
Its wild even a fuck up, a clear mistake in policy must be fucking excused and explained away using reddit tier level discourse. "You're just western socialists" lol fuck off. You're absolutely right, we're all just purple haired nerds living in New York, sitting in internet caffees with our $5000 Macbooks day dreaming about socialism in Africa. The victims who happen to find themselves in prisons or a camp? "Nah bro you don't understand how tough it is to build socialism in backwater Africa, they realy can't afford but throw their allies under the bus" is just blatant reactionary racist shit.
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Thanks, I thought it was a podcaster or youtuber.
Find the years of posts about "[username] thought".
Alright, fine I'll remove myself from the convo in this post, I'm annoyed at some shit and don't want to keep fanning the flames here.