It's good they're banding together to protect muslims against the threat of Israel (their words) but they're still a religious authoritarian nightmare.

[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yemen is peak anti-colonialism. Which unfortunately comes with religious conservatism as a reaction against colonial forces. Fanon discusses this at length in the context of Algeria.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago

Bingo.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago

See how absurd that a country that has real human right abuses is doing more against a genocide than other countries that claim to care about human right abuses while bscking Israel.

When the west is going act like a real model and isolate Israel ?

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (57 children)

Let me check my evil meter to find out if homophobia is worse than literal genocide against brown Untermenschen to create an ethnostate

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 months ago

Calling death penalty for gay sex just homophobia seems like it's downplaying it a bit lol

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[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The "official" Yemenite government is the saudi puppet one. This guy is from the based houthi ones.

[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

Is the Houthi government better on gay rights?

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