Pride Month in Arab states brings warnings and rainbow hunts

[Behind the Aegis]

June, global Pride Month, has seen several Arab nations launch campaigns specifically seeking to find and quash any support for the LGBTQ community. Lebanon was the latest nation to join the crackdown, with Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi issuing a letter a week ago to Lebanese security forces ordering them to break up any events that "promote" homosexuality.

The letter, labelled "very urgent," said that "after the spread of calls on social media to organize parties and events promoting homosexuality in Lebanon… and considering the negative consequences brought by this phenomenon on individuals and society" police and security forces should "take the necessary measures to ban any celebrations, meetings or gatherings aiming to promote this phenomenon and to report the results back."

Helem (Arabic for Dream), an NGO that works in support of LGBTQ people across North Africa and Southwest Asia, said in a statement that it was "perplexing why, in a country whose citizens have no electricity, no medication, no access to clean water, and no social security, and 30% unemployment the minister thought to prioritize LGBTQ events as the biggest threat to national security."

"The deliberate act of inciting moral sexual panic and targeting LGBTQ individuals is a very old, superficial, and commonly used tactic by failed regimes to draw attention away from economic and political disasters," the organization said.

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[ShazzieB]

1. One quote from the article really jumped out at me.

"The deliberate act of inciting moral sexual panic and targeting LGBTQ individuals is a very old, superficial, and commonly used tactic by failed regimes to draw attention away from economic and political disasters," [Helem] said.

Gee golly gosh, why does THIS sound so familiar? 🤔

Seriously, if the Fascists ever managed to take over the U.S. the way they want to (over MY dead body), I'm sure they'd love to institute this sort of thing here. They're already doing the equivalent on a smaller scale, but a countrywide crackdown on rainbows--what fun!

Just one more of the 62491378 reasons why that must NOT be allowed to happen! GOTV, y'all!

[lambchopp59]

2. This.

Admittedly I poked the bear last week: making mention that my co-worker's great hero Drumph may get indicted. Whoops. I'd inadvertently stirred his beesnest of Biden-hate and religious based self righteousness.
Took some doing to get back on the subject at hand before it got personal!
I'm fairly certain of two things from his rant: his (Orange county, btw) CHURCH is on fire about LGBT and "baby killer" scapegoats, and despite worldwide economic reality, Biden is all the blame for inflation and they're all whining in unison "Oh if only Truuuuuuuuuuuuuump"...
The level of cult programming is irreversible, they have been brainwashed by all the distractions to ever face reality.
Methinks maybe some of the Log Cabin idiots are getting a frightening wake up call?
(I'm flat on my back recovering from surgery on Wednesday with little else than TV and the intertubes to do)