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Iraq's official media regulator has directed all media and social media companies operating not to use the term “homosexuality". The Arab stated told to replace the word ‘homosexuality’ with ‘sexual deviance’, Reuters' report mentioned.

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[–] SpunkyBarnes@geddit.social 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So banning the word will eliminate the behavior?

That’s some epic magnitude magical thinking there, for damn sure.

[–] whataboutshutup@discuss.online 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They don't want to eliminate anything. That's just an easy win in the hearts of fanatics and one more layer of oppression. Like if there are lack of them: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Iraq What's more there to add?

Although, eradicating homosexuality as a possible thing from a public speech has weight. Mixing them with whatever-you-can-think-of too.

If someone less brainwashed could've had some compassion for a 'misguided', 'ill-informed' person, now they'd not even know if they were charged for being gay (or a sin of sodomy, yup) when this state hangs them. In the media, they would be not unlike a serial child rapist. And gay people just don't exist anymore, yeah, just deviants.

Also, their 'honor' thingie. Their families and ~~quiet supporters~~ 'enablers' would be even more publicly embarassed and looked down than before, if not treated as complicit in their 'crime'. It may increase the lasting damage on their lives.

Imagine being a parent of a hanged 'sexual deviant' in Iraq. You aren't even a failure, you created a monster. And you are, probs, a monster yourself. Lets add some mob justice to spice things up!

I have a pretty shakey understanding of their national mentality, but I think it is bigger and more dangerous than a kek on them, silly undoers of the Big Gay in one stroke of a pen.

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