Two German transgender women 'are STONED in the street' by a gang of three North African teenagers

[LanternWaste]

114. Sentiments are the same, the degree of violence or of acting on those sentiments is different

Sentiments are the same, only the degree of violence, or of acting on those sentiments, is different.

However, I would consider anyone naive who believes that the agenda of a large part of the religious right would not entertain religious law in the US as practiced in the Middle East, any more than I would consider the same in regards to the sub-literate who denies racism is a major problem in the country simply because we have so few lynchings anymore.

Additionally, as you are in the habit of listening to people via a literal method rather than inferring obvious dog-whistles, then I have no doubts you would indeed, fail to hear or see any of that which you so vociferously deny.

That said, when one states such and such as a bigger problem, your literalism trips you up... as the severity of a moral or ethical problem is not predicated on numbers.