Quote:
Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
Lol. I know several gay people in Dubai, who are openly gay. They have never had an issue.
Feel free to google gay hate crimes for North America since 2010, or even longer ago. You will find a plethora of horrible crimes perpetrated on innocent people in the wonderful US of A and Canada. Where Sharia Law does not exist.
They just aren't as sensationalized in North American media because we like to think our culture is progressive, unlike those backwards Muslims!
|
Our culture is progressive compared to places like Dubai. It's not some media conspiracy. The US, Canada, and other western democracies are far from perfect societies, but you can't honestly think a place like Dubai is equally as open and welcoming of forward thinking ideas. The place is a monarchy, people can't vote.
Again, there seems to be a willingness to gloss over the facts in the name of political correctness sometimes. No, not all Muslims are terrorists, every reasonable person knows that. But to say that there are no ideological connections between the religion and how many of the majority Islamic states tend to operate, is just straight up ignorance.
For the extremism to be effectively combated people need to be willing to acknowledge it, scrutinize it, and understand where its coming from, not just look the other way because they don't want to sound offensive.