In the new law, those found guilty of homosexuality could face a two- to five-year prison sentence.

Extremely disappointing to see this, this is not a Sankara thing to do at all.

    • Vampire [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      14·
      4 个月前

      what are you on about?

      for starters, which countries are “foreign”?

      obviously 99% of web users are going to be from a different country to you, and therefore not share your country’s political norms

      secondly, wut?

        • Vampire [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
          20·
          4 个月前

          Awoo’s question is based on this line of thinking:

          • Assume the Ouagadougou government isn’t homophobic

          • Then they pass a homophobic law

          • Therefore they must be passing the law to play 3D chess

          They passed an anti-gay law coz they’re anti-gay. Let’s not overthink this.

            • The_Grinch [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
              13·
              4 个月前

              I think it’s safe to say whatever reasons may exist, they aren’t valid ones. I’m highly skeptical the “play” of throwing a bunch of your comrades under the bus like that is ever effective even in the most clinical analysis.

              • OrionsMask [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
                2·
                4 个月前

                It’s always better to understand why these things happen than to dismiss them as ‘just homophobia’ in a knee jerk reaction. Yes, of course it’s homophobia at its core, but as a queer person who has the privilege of watching this as an onlooker rather than living through it in Burkina Faso (and my heart goes out to the people living through it), I would like to understand what conditions surround the implementation of evil laws like this. Exploring that is not legitimising the homophobia.

                And frankly accusing Awoo of trying to do that is just taking what she’s saying in bad faith.