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Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year by bitmasher9 on Sunday August 03, 2025 @02:09AM (#44774446)
The persecution of homosexuals absolutely has an impact on consolidating authority.

* Some of your political opponents will be homosexual, so it gives you an avenue to remove them. You can turn a blind eye to your political allies, if they are discrete.

* You can use the accusation to persecute anyone.

* It sets the frame that the authority governs every private aspect of your life.

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Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year by Ray20 on Sunday August 03, 2025 @01:02PM (#44777981)
Amazing mental gymnastics, literally every point is applicable to prosecution for not wearing a seat belt.

Only there are even more people who do not wear seat belts than practicing homosexuals, i.e. by your logic, a fine for not wearing a seat belt is MORE AUTHORITARIAN than the law on persecuting homosexuals.

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Re:No traffic deaths in Helsinki for a year by bitmasher9 on Sunday August 03, 2025 @02:00PM (#44778373)
Sorry, I was not making a point about the larger discussion about wearing a seatbelt.

While I agree that we shouldn’t have laws regulating seatbelt usage (for adults), I find your comparison disgusting and think it does more harm than good for gaining support.

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