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i was illegal here too for a long time. The West has a long history of homophobia, and homophobic violence. No matter where i am, it's still a game of lesser evils.
i'm quite serious about the human rights violations committed in these other nations, including homophobic violence. but that doesn't mean i'm in any way willing to condone human rights violations in the struggle against other evils. note that much of the abuse reported at abu gharib contained homophobic elements-men forced to masturbate in front of other men, or ritualized de-masculinization. I'm hardly willing to lower my standards for US forces holding prisoners in detention to allow that, just that i can live in a nation where i don't have to be closeted.
Again, you've Godwin'd this thing to death. oddly, making a point for me. in 1936, america was not a particularly tolerant nation of the Jewish people. "Judeo-Christian" had not yet been invented. They were still subject to ethnic discrimination..and worse, our nation (along with the rest of the world) refused to take ayslees coming from Germany, because we didn't want more Jews. 1936 was an indictment on a great many peoples and nations. Finding the evil in one does not expurge the evil in others.
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-John 3:16
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