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A comment on Survivor of CIA Torture and Rendition Supports Assange at Extradition Trial. Parent comment

Re:Survivor of CIA Torture and Rendition Supports Assange at... by jancsika on Saturday September 19, 2020 @10:06AM (#24527506)
> Those who object to this barbarism, inflicted upon millions of girls every year, are actually, somehow, called “racists” for doing so.

I am vehemently opposed to female genital mutilation. Even with HN's overly large number of contrarians and trolls, I claim no one can write a convincing argument that my previous sentence is in any way racist.

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Re:Survivor of CIA Torture and Rendition Supports Assange at... by haha697 on Saturday September 19, 2020 @12:37PM (#24528633)
Why is it okay to perform the similar procedures on males? It's an outdated , barbaric practice
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Re:Survivor of CIA Torture and Rendition Supports Assange at... by stjohnswarts on Saturday September 19, 2020 @09:39PM (#24531400)
I agree, end it all. Save the foreskins.
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Re:Survivor of CIA Torture and Rendition Supports Assange at... by Viliam1234 on Saturday September 19, 2020 @05:06PM (#24530309)
As long as you speak as if female genital mutilation exists in a vacuum, as long as you carefully avoid mentioning that some cultures are more supportive of this practice than others, as long as you do not point out that some girls are at much greater risk than the general population and that any meaningful prevention needs to focus on them... you are okay. This also makes it impossible to suggest any policy with a realistic possibility to actually reduce female genital mutilation.
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Re:Survivor of CIA Torture and Rendition Supports Assange at... by leephillips on Saturday September 19, 2020 @05:26PM (#24530430)
Bingo.
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