tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post6256368365664577929..comments2023-12-25T01:24:48.957-05:00Comments on Republic of Gilead: The World According to HomophobesAhabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-8531490761629554452014-11-19T10:14:26.054-05:002014-11-19T10:14:26.054-05:00Infidel -- I recognized Martin Ssempa of Uganda in...Infidel -- I recognized Martin Ssempa of Uganda in the clip, but Uganda is a majority-Christian country. I don't know if footage from any Muslim countries was included, but it would enrich the conversation if they were.<br /><br />You're definitely right about homophobes using gays as blank slates for their fever dreams. The comments in the video say more about the twisted worldview of the speakers than about real LGBTQ people.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5077809256320470141.post-52356060502864637662014-11-18T08:54:55.308-05:002014-11-18T08:54:55.308-05:00It's difficult to believe that these people ar...It's difficult to believe that these people are "fascinated with homosexual sex acts" when they are so hopelessly wrong about what those sex acts consist of. It seems more that they are using gays as a blank slate to project their own bizarre horror fantasies onto.<br /><br />In a way it's encouraging that there's so much ignorance among the prejudiced. It suggests that a little education and accurate information could go a long way.<br /><br />Since the Indiegogo page says that the film will deal with the role of religion in promoting homophobia, I wonder if any of the four countries they visited was Muslim. This is the "elephant in the room" on this subject. There are seven countries where homosexuality is actually subject to the death penalty, and six of them are Muslim (the other one is Nigeria, which is about half Muslim). The role of religion is all the more obvious since the traditional culture in a lot of the Middle East (unlike in, say, Sub-Saharan Africa) was much more accepting of homosexuality before the Islamic conquests.<br /><br />Still, it's valuable to expose these people not only for their hatefulness (which most normal people are aware of) but also for their incredible ignorance. Just let them talk and they discredit themselves.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.com