‘A sense of betrayal’: liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags
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Did they? I remember that happening, I don't remember the celebrating.
The celebration was assumed. See, Republicans always make a habit of hating anything that Democrats like, so the feeble minded journo with a looming deadline and no solid leads will assume the reverse is also true. Thus, because Republicans hate Muslims and want to eject them from any form of government, they'd assume Democrats must always celebrate whenever Muslims get majority control of some government body.
I'm being less sarcastic than I would like to, here.
I'll try to be generous and say that maybe some misguided people on the left were celebrating this, believing it was a win for diversity, but it sure wasn't widespread.
It's like the homeopathy of progressiveness. Just the tiniest, most ineffectual dose imaginable. Like "Sure they're far right theocratic zealots who want to crush women and queer folk, but at least these ones are brown!"
Really hate the shitty way you Americans classify races. Like dude, you unironically divide the fucking world in 4 groups?
Please try to understand that it was in fact irony. I do not.
I appreciate but do not require an amateur's help in mocking my countrymen.
More like color. White , brown, black, yellow and red
Republican propaganda, liberals don't feel betrayed. Liberals want separation on church and state that includes all churches not just Christianity.
this story is from the guardian, probably the most mainstream progressive news organization in the world. "republican propaganda"! go back to bed steph
So persecution of homosexuality? That's what Sharia says
…They just asked for separation of the two.
Banning the LGBT flag for religious reasons sounds like the opposite tho
That's quite a jump you made. I said let's just separate church and state. I didn't say I was backing any one person in this particular situation. No we should not persecution of homosexuality because there would be no basis to do so if we separated religion from the government.
It's almost as if the answer is to stop voting anyone with a clearly abrahamic based religious agenda into power.
"It's almost as if the answer is to stop voting anyone with a
clearly abrahamic basedreligious agenda into power."Exactly. There are plenty of cults pretending to be science instead of the religion they actually behave like
Don’t elect cultist nut jobs
Not limited to merely Abrahamic religions either
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide
What does it have to do with a Muslim city in the US persecuting public displays of homosexuality?
It has to do with the consequences of electing politicians with a religious agenda, which is the topic of conversation in the thread you replied to.
Where's the religious agenda in what you linked? That's not imposing the laws of your religion, that's massacring people
I didn't link anything
Islam is so clear in its hate for queer relationships you’d have to be a fucking idiot to think an honest Muslim is fine with someone being gay.
Why would they feel betrayed by conservatives doing conservative things? Then again, democrats love "reaching across the aisle" to fascists.
The establishment Democratic party is neoliberal which is not a far reach from the conservative Republican party (as opposed to the reactionary Republican party).
That's to say they Democrats are to the right of th American public, and most of the developed world. They depend on the GOP being consistently worse than they are.
And neither atheists nor progressives have a voice in the US.
I just want one news network to run "news at 5pm" and then "olds at 11pm" lol
c/leopardsatemyface
Ok that is absolutly hilarious.
LOL
Hey everyone, go drink a cool glass of water and think about the last time you laughed so hard you were afraid you'd either puke or pass out. Have fun!
some of us have been telling you people this for a very very long time ~ zionists
Most Zionists are worse than this
You don't have any room to talk either.