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  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 months ago

    Is that relevant?

    If it is, I guess we could all take a minute and talk about how Israel has such a problem controlling violent homophobic religious extremists that Jerusalem Pride has needed a ratio of 1 armed guard for every 6 marchers.

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      9 months ago

      The fact that Israel has a pride march at all kinda works against whatever point you’re making.

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        9 months ago

        Do you feel that needing 1 armed guard for every 6 marchers is indicative that it is incredibly safe to be out as queer in Jerusalem?

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                9 months ago

                So a pride march in Jerusalem is just as safe as one in Gaza, except the one in Israel has more political willpower behind it to attract and maintain the goodwill of the west? Yeah I’d agree with that.

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                    9 months ago

                    What part is confusing to you?

                    Israel and Palestine both have violent homophobic religious extremists.

                    Israel gets money hand over fist from the West by being the “good” country in the Middle East. Palestine does not.

                    Since the West now finds treating gay people as subhuman to be passé, Israel has a vested interest in maintaining the appearance of being somewhat less violently homophobic than their neighbors, even if it means they need to pay 1 armed guard for every 6 marchers.

                    This doesn’t make Israel free of violent homophobia or even gay friendly. The fact they need that many guards underlines how dangerous it is to be queer in Israel in general.

                    All of which is incidental to the fact that bigotry doesn’t make bombing hospitals and children alright.