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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
This whole idea of "we shouldn't condemn them without trying to understand why they think this way" seems foolish.
There is no possible explanation for hating people who have done no wrong. None. Zero. So suggesting that I should not condemn their society until understanding why they feel the way they feel is garbage. There is absolutely no possible justification for harassing, abusing, condemning and persecuting innocent people whose only crime is wanting to love somebody. And any society that would even TRY to justify it should be absolutely ashamed of themselves.
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I disagree with this on a fundamental basis. I think a major cause of hate and persecution throughout the history of mankind is that people are too quick to condemn without trying to understand why. There can be at times a fine line between disapproval and hate and there are difference in opinions between different people and societies on what proper punishment should be.
In Canada we had a law against the spread of hate speech but that has been repealed. What does that say about us? And under the old law you can hand out flyers quoting bible passages saying that a homosexual act is a detestable sin but you can't put you got to be careful if you hand out your own interpretations. What about White Supremacist groups? One can argue that there are White Supremacist groups that doesn't encourage hate, they just encourage people to love Whites only and argue that Whites are the supreme race. These groups would argue that they are spreading love.
A lot of people are caught up in the jail punishment. But different countries are known to punish people differently. In some countries abortion is legal. In others it's considered murder punishable by death. In Singapore you can receive the death penalty for having 500 grams or more of marijuana, whereas here in North America there are more and more places where marijuana is being legalized.
To condemn something and someone without at least trying to understand is dangerous.