There are no gays in Iran, repeat, there are no gays in Iran

[KitchenWitch]

:crazy:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. most easterners think of homosexuality as a western 'concept' or 'phenomenon'

this is not just ahmadijenad. if it were, the problems would be much smaller. this is a huge problem through the middle east and near east.

because homosexuality is so underground in those countries, it is thought of as a purely western issue. an example of western moral degradation. visible homosexuality is what these people are referring to.


again, i would like to stress that i am not defending ahmadinejad. i am saying the problem is much bigger


I posted this in glbt forum earlier.

[IndianaJones]

2. I can attest to that being the case in the far east as well. nt.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. i know its horrifuc to hear a killer of gay men say that, but that particularly nugget of wisdom

doesnt just stem from one man.

[IndianaJones]

6. my mom swears up and down there are no gay people in Korea. nt.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. my mother thinks my brother and i are the only gay indians from a 'good family'

despite knowing atleast a few others.

[KitchenWitch]

16. My mother in law has her head in the sand about my sister in law

And my mother in law is Thai.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. thats cos there are not gay thai people either.

:)

[KitchenWitch]

18. True

Only gay Americans.

:)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

19. westerners. there are gay english/french too

[KitchenWitch]

20. I sit corrected!

:7

[formerrepuke]

THERE NO GAY IN KOREA!!!

..Off topic, but Margaret Cho's quote from her mother about the (non)-presence of gays in Korea had me in stitches.

[IndianaJones]

23. My mom also swears that there are no serial killers in Korea....

or lazy people.

[KitchenWitch]

3. I figured as much

It was a totally preposterous assertion on Ahmadijenad's part.

:hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. given the context i dont think it was preposterous. it was expected

in any debate in india, homosexuality would be labelled a western problem.

which is not to say that i condone this crap, just that the crap is well spread around.

[KitchenWitch]

9. Gotcha!

:hug:

Glad you are here, where you can be out.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. me too.

[skygazer]

14. Exactly

And recognizing the point of view of the people who actually live there is important to understanding anything about a region or country - hell, half the reason we get into the crap we do with other countries is because we refuse to see people's viewpoints or motivations on any but our own terms.

Understanding those terms is the first step to successfully countering them.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. i dont support or sympathize with this kind of bigotry at all but we do need to understand that this

is not just ahmadinejad its also my mother and indian jones' mother.

:rofl:

[IndianaJones]

21. its most people walking around...and I don't mean republicans and fundamentalists...

of course, that makes me wildly unpopular here.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

22. i can personally endorse you. then you can be really really unpopular

[IndianaJones]

24. lol. nt.

[skygazer]

25. Watch out for her

She ruined DU, you know. :hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

26. thats true. totally forgot that one. i ruined du. i also threaten du'ers.

really i am pure pure evil.

[IndianaJones]

27. I suggested she pray.....she didn't respond well. I give up. nt.

[AllegroRondo]

8. they have no Republican Senators?

[KitchenWitch]

10. SNAP

[Orsino]

12. Road trip! n/t

[Deep13]

13. Apparently he hanged them all. nt