• megane-kun
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    291 year ago

    Iraq’s Media and Communications Commission has issued a directive instructing all media and social media platforms in the country to refrain from using the terms “homosexual” or “homosexuality” and instead use “sexual deviancy.”

    The decision, reported widely by Iraq’s state and private news outlets, was made to safeguard societal values and public order, the commission said, noting that the terms “homosexuality, homosexual, and Gender” hold undesirable connotations within Iraqi society.

    What? They think calling someone a sexual deviant is better than calling someone a homosexual?

    I can’t even give them the leeway and say it’s just meant to say “you’re a minority.” They chose the word ‘deviant’ here: which implies there’s a ‘correct’ sex

    Maybe that’s the point though. You’re not allowed to be anything other than a straight male in Iraq.

    • JJROKCZ
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      191 year ago

      It’s absolutely the point, they want to shame the gays into hiding. Later will come the executions if this doesn’t work

    • @qarbone
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      151 year ago

      Your logical mistake is assuming this is meant to be an actual alternative. It’s them blatant saying gay people are unwelcome.

    • @AndreyAsimow
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      91 year ago

      Still better than “sexually retarded”

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      There is a “correct sex” according the the Little Pebble cult. It involves a lot of yogurt.