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Burkina Faso's Junta passes law banning homosexuality
(www.france24.com)
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this post was submitted on 02 Sep 2025
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worst news ive heard this year
unfortunately any revolutionary government has to deal with the reality on the ground
what do you mean we can't just immediately throw everyone to the right of Mao or who has incongruous WrongThought incompatibile with the Hexbear line straight into a pit?? what do you mean there are material and logistical concerns with that on top of the generous assumption that like, you can even overcome right wing violence in order to do that????? i'm just shocked. my pit was all ready to go, too
I'm still on the side of the pit tbh
It really pisses me off that anyone says this. If anything, the reality on the ground should mean there is fighting against this
This is an idealist position. Pursuing progressive social policy beyond what the public demands is not the priority for any revolutionary movement. We are talking about a country where al Qaeda controls half of the territory. The fact is that LGBTQ identities are seen as western decadence by many people in the global south.
The criteria for success for the revolution is whether they can consolidate political power or not. Everything else is secondary. How long did it take Cuba to come around?
That doesn't justify bigotry and persecution, and the 1950's were a much less progressive and educated time on topics like this.
I should point out that Al-Qaeda's beliefs are in the same category as the supposed revolutionary government's, and it's because of shit like this that neoliberals run with the claim that communists hate LGBT people. You can't call yourself a revolutionary and support this fascist horseshit.
It's not idealist when people's lives are at stake, you tool.