Twitter Just Permanently Suspended Conservative Writer Milo Yiannopoulos

Re:Twitter Just Permanently Suspended Conservative Writer Mi... by AlwaysBCoding on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @07:11AM (#12128128)

The logic (agree with it or not) is that the biggest threat to homosexuals in 2016 is Islam and Sharia. There are 1.5 billion Muslims in the world, at least half who want homosexuality banned. And Muslim countries are much more likely to legislate religious doctrine than Western countries right now.

Conservatives tend to be more combative with Islam than liberals are, so the thinking is it's logical to be Conservative now if you want to push gay rights forward. Especially since the Orlando massacre which saw a Muslim terrorist kill 50 unarmed gays.

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Re:Twitter Just Permanently Suspended Conservative Writer Mi... by st3v3r on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @02:29PM (#12131333)

Except Christian areas are just as likely to legislate religious doctrine. All of the gay marriage bans in the US were driven by Christian groups, and mostly enacted in Christian heavy states. The countries in Africa which are outlawing homosexuality are doing so largely lead by Christians. And there is no way you can tell me Russia is a Muslim country.

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Re:Twitter Just Permanently Suspended Conservative Writer Mi... by smt88 on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @11:45AM (#12129927)

I understand your point.

Being anti-gay rights and anti-Muslim are both conservative viewpoints, but almost no one is 100% conservative or 100% progressive.

When you say it's logical to "be Conservative" to move gay rights forward, I'd suggest changing it to, "be Conservative regarding Islam", which makes the assertion less fraught.

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