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0 pointsseba_dos13y ago0 comments

It can either feel paranoid or like common sense depending on place in the world in question.

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asow923y ago· 4 in thread

In the West I would say it feels paranoid, but in certain east Asian or Middle-eastern countries (that will remain nameless) I wouldn't ask questions in the first place. Thankfully I'm in the former.

Kye3y ago

You sound like you're not part of any marginalized, surveilled, or abused communities. Police in some places still arrest people for violating state level sodomy laws even though the SCOTUS ruling nullified them.

No, this is still very much a problem here in the West.

asow923y ago

That's obviously not good and we should speak up when these things happen because that sounds unlawful. The point is that we have the freedom here to stand up and say that, and in other countries you wouldn't even have that much. It could be a lot worse.

seba_dos1OP3y ago

There are still some places in the general West where law enforcement's reputation isn't completely ruined yet, but it certainly isn't a rule.

asow923y ago

Right, it's not perfect, but I know where I'd rather be.

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5 comments · 1 top-level

asow923y ago· 4 in thread

In the West I would say it feels paranoid, but in certain east Asian or Middle-eastern countries (that will remain nameless) I wouldn't ask questions in the first place. Thankfully I'm in the former.

Kye3y ago

You sound like you're not part of any marginalized, surveilled, or abused communities. Police in some places still arrest people for violating state level sodomy laws even though the SCOTUS ruling nullified them.

No, this is still very much a problem here in the West.

asow923y ago

That's obviously not good and we should speak up when these things happen because that sounds unlawful. The point is that we have the freedom here to stand up and say that, and in other countries you wouldn't even have that much. It could be a lot worse.

seba_dos1OP3y ago

There are still some places in the general West where law enforcement's reputation isn't completely ruined yet, but it certainly isn't a rule.

asow923y ago

Right, it's not perfect, but I know where I'd rather be.

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