news Uganda approves death penalty for LGBTQ people

[anti-bitch]

8 hours ago, bliaz said:

Why people hate us so much, that's something I will never understand 

 

7 hours ago, Tropez said:

No. The US has been sending evangelicals missionaries to Africa. And US evangelicals are very anti LGBTQ as shown by their push with anti LGBTQ laws. 

 

7 hours ago, ninasayers said:

Most hatred comes from a place of disgust. They feel disgusted when they think of us because they've been taught to; anything that differs from the norm is wrong, scary, and gross. The idea of being lgbt feels "wrong" to them, 'cause it goes against everything that they've always deemed as ideal and healthy. This is a total oversimplification but yeah, disgust is what usually leads to hatred.

The hate comes from religion, literally. It's not that deep otherwise. Hate is learned behavior.

Edited March 24, 2023 by anti-bitch

[pxxxtrick]

Heartbreaking and absolutely disgusting. 

[anti-bitch]

10 hours ago, Aren said:

I’ll forever hate the British Empire for what they did in its African and Asian colonies. Their white supremacist and Christian fundamentalist views ruined theses countries’ native cultures that used to be more open minded and progressive compared to Europe at the time.

But its been 60 years since Ugandan independence. There's been so much time to get rid of the colonial laws, but no. And same for every other country with such laws. You have to hold these people accountable for what they are doing right now.

[anti-bitch]

6 hours ago, BGKC said:

It’s terrible how susceptible people in poverty stricken places like these can be when it comes to outside influences like evangelicals among other hate campaigns spread by abrahamic faith groups. Children as young as 9 in Uganda already have a history of being abducted and forced to commit heinous acts against their fellow people. They’ve been faced with constant genocide for decades, yet through all of it homosexuality is still looked at the sin of all sins.  What a hopeless place. My heart goes out to the LGBT groups that deserve to be free of such a bigoted and violent environment. 

Yeah. I think the link between poverty and conservativism should be talked about more. It's so easy to scapegoat LGBTQ+ people for all the troubles. And you see it in Eastern Europe too. 

[Bang Up]

15 hours ago, Aren said:

I’ll forever hate the British Empire for what they did in its African and Asian colonies. Their white supremacist and Christian fundamentalist views ruined theses countries’ native cultures that used to be more open minded and progressive compared to Europe at the time.

 

 

 

what a weird take. the british empire doesn't have these archaic views on homosexuality and doesn't put gays to death... so how is uganda taking it to this extreme their fault?  

[truthteller]

can these s**** people leave LGBTQ+ people alone

[Theshigo Washidu]

There are far more pressing issues in need of sorting out in Uganda and other parts of Africa yet this is what's focused on?

 

Corruption, obsession with religion and too much interference from western countries are only a few reasons as to why Africa can't move forward.

[PoisonPill]

9 hours ago, Harrier said:

Blaming white evangelicals or colonialism is in and of itself a kind of neo-colonialist argument. Ugandans have agency and make their own choices. In this case, the political class in Uganda has chosen to be virulently homophobic, far far more than its neighbours/peers in the region. They use hatred as a distraction for their massive set of failures across the board, and their rampant corruption. Easy to make people hate the gays - harder to lift them out of poverty.

 

Influence from American Christian fundamentalism & colonial legacies can be acknowledged. But don't make the mistake of 'blaming' this kind of thing purely on outsiders. Uganda is making its own choices and any Ugandan will tell you that.

 

Yes, the history is terrible but at a certain point after decades/centuries, people and governments have agency to make moral choices.

[family.guy123]

2 hours ago, St. Francis said:

There are far more pressing issues in need of sorting out in Uganda and other parts of Africa yet this is what's focused on?

 

Corruption, obsession with religion and too much interference from western countries are only a few reasons as to why Africa can't move forward.

There are no issues more important than human rights.

[velocity]

 

Some people really have no shame

[RunUpDoneUp]

LOL

 

A country in literal ruin using christofascism to cudgel the population into thinking their lives are worth something because the reality that they won't do the work necessary to improve their country on their own is too earth-shattering to contend with.

 

This type of idiocy may be helped by christian nationalists in america but the population has to consent to adopting it. Nothing short of an awakening will help these people.

 

I hope the gays who can afford to leave do and the ones who can't, hide and save. Don't waste time on a lost nation, life is too short.

Edited March 24, 2023 by RunUpDoneUp

[GhostBox]

Reason #15859392 that Uganda will never be a better place . 

[HotHeaven]

I just stumbled upon this on Tiktok and all the comments are disgusting. This is why they will forever remain a flop country, with mindset like this who is also backed by religion. I will always say that religion is the root of all hatred in the world.

[A.R.L]

15 hours ago, HotHeaven said:

I just stumbled upon this on Tiktok and all the comments are disgusting. This is why they will forever remain a flop country, with mindset like this who is also backed by religion. I will always say that religion is the root of all hatred in the world.

This!!! Also bad education and bad economy. 

[Aethereal]

On 3/24/2023 at 2:29 AM, elevate said:

The way every comment from that trash page is agreeing with them. These people are so miserable. 

I hope they get run by a truck.

[Samsara]

On 3/26/2023 at 3:46 AM, HotHeaven said:

I just stumbled upon this on Tiktok and all the comments are disgusting. This is why they will forever remain a flop country, with mindset like this who is also backed by religion. I will always say that religion is the root of all hatred in the world.

Religions differ on their views on every issue including homosexuality. You’re making a prejudiced blanket statement. This is the only thing all religions agree on. 

[Caribbean Boy]

They can approve wtf they want, people are gonna do what they gonna do……so what’s their plan? So sit at people’s bedside? All this does is keep the community hidden which is what they really want 

[Raptus]

I saw comments on Shaderoom and...well, american gays should be worried

[LikeaRebel]

Disgusting. 

[If U Seek Amy]

They can do whatever they want and think they did something. But seeing how they are a third world country with everyone suffering massively everyone with a brain watching these lawmakers is shaking their head as this is their focus. They're the real losers at the end of the day. 

[Horizon Flame]

On 3/24/2023 at 3:06 AM, Harrier said:

Blaming white evangelicals or colonialism is in and of itself a kind of neo-colonialist argument. Ugandans have agency and make their own choices. In this case, the political class in Uganda has chosen to be virulently homophobic, far far more than its neighbours/peers in the region. They use hatred as a distraction for their massive set of failures across the board, and their rampant corruption. Easy to make people hate the gays - harder to lift them out of poverty.

 

Influence from American Christian fundamentalism & colonial legacies can be acknowledged. But don't make the mistake of 'blaming' this kind of thing purely on outsiders. Uganda is making its own choices and any Ugandan will tell you that.

 

This. Uganda needs to take responsibility for its own actions. 

[Bosque]

Not People blaming colonialism (which is obviously awful and had lots of terrible long term impacts) for this entirely new law passed by Uganda this year

[Sergi91]

This is horrible 

[brazil]

Awful. Time for places with laws like these to be sanction.

[AMIT]

the smooth brains in here acting like neocolonialism isn't a thing