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Re:Uganda's internet Shutdown by sangnoir on Friday January 15, 2021 @06:09PM (#25797809)
> It has become a haven for religious crackpots. They had a Jonestown-type thing, a number of years ago, and it's a really, really bad place to be gay (even closeted).

It would be remiss to avoid mentioning that American Evangelical "Missionaries" were a (if not the) driving force[1] behind the clampdown on gay folk in Uganda - perhaps you were alluding to them when you said it's became a haven for them ;)

1. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/03/scott-lively-an...

Re:Uganda's internet Shutdown by ChrisMarshallNY on Friday January 15, 2021 @08:30PM (#25799015)
That had a lot to do with it, but Africa has always been fertile ground for that kind of stuff.
Re:Uganda's internet Shutdown by nine_k on Friday January 15, 2021 @10:21PM (#25799729)
No less than Europe in medieval and Reformation times.