• Adramis@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Another article specified that they were literally found stabbed to death. How the fuck is there not foul play involved? Sounds like the AG is in on it or at least permissive of anti-LGBTQ+ violence.

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      1 year ago

      Would that really suprise you coming from Mexico? Like good on the people to elect them, and respect for being them for open about who they are, but the country has some serious issues and this isn’t near the top of the list unfortunately.

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        You say that like they didnt legalize gay marriage, elect LGBTQ allies, strengthen and protect abortion laws in response to the roe vs wade overturner, and legalize pot. And that’s just to name a few.

        Oh and you don’t lose your house if you have to go to the hospital without insurance.

        Say what you will about Mexico, but in some aspects it’s more advanced than United States. At least when it comes to the red states.

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          1 year ago

          I didn’t say anything like that in my statement. I also didn’t imply anything like that in my statement.

          Don’t put words into people’s mouths.

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            Honey, you don’t need to outright say something for the implications and subtext to be there.

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              And sometimes there isn’t subtext. Or you just absolutely miss the fucking point.

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                Would that really suprise you coming from Mexico? Like good on the people to elect them, and respect for being them for open about who they are, but the country has some serious issues and this isn’t near the top of the list unfortunately.

                What exactly did you mean by this? Because it sure reads like you’re saying “Mexico is unfriendly towards LGBTQ+”, because you think this shouldn’t be surprising “coming from Mexico”.

                There is evidence for a counterpoint to this implied statement: that Mexico is not unfriendly to LGBTQ+, but your response to that evidence was “I didn’t say they didn’t (enact legal protections, etc etc), don’t put words in my mouth”, so what exactly did you mean by what I quoted from you?

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                  In a country that has a high amount of politically motivated violence, an elected official (especially one that would be progressive) being killed isn’t really a surprise to me.

                  Legal protections does not equal a friendly attitude. As I have experienced in my country (as we have had legal same sex marriage since 2005, and being allowed to serve in the CAF since 1992 as LGBTQIA+ individuals and being the second country legalise pot nationwide, second to Uruguay).

                  We still get warnings about kidnapping and cartel violence when we book trips to resorts there (among all the other warnings like the water isn’t exactly safe).

                  So yeah, a memeber of my community being murdered while in a position of power in Mexico isn’t that big of a surprise. My initial thoughts was this was cartel violence. And apparently one of the AGs in the region demonstrated a lack of empathy or corruption in thier initial statement. But it could be violence against them for being NB.

                  So yeah, sad but not a shock.

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                    Right, so, you do mean “violence against LGBTQ+ people is unsurprising from Mexico”; so the other poster wasn’t putting words in your mouth, they correctly interpreted your meaning.

                    What they said was

                    you say that like they haven’t [passed all these progressive laws]

                    You gave a very valid and pithy response here:

                    Legal protections does not equal a friendly attitude.

                    Glad we could clear that up! 😊

          • SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            lol there is no way Narcos want legalized drugs. Not that weed makes up any significant percentage of their business.

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              Why wouldn’t they want to sell a secondary product without any government meddling (not that the government has that much power lol)

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                Legalization would bring in more government meddling, not less. Exactly as you said, the government doesn’t have that much power. Cartels currently have full control of production, distribution and profits. They do not want regulations, taxes and dealing with competition in uhh… less confrontational ways. That’s even if they’d be allowed into the market, which is unlikely.

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                    No it doesn’t. Speaking from Canadian experience, legalization was a crackdown on the wild west of dispensaries we had here.

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        While it isn’t surprising in Mexico, it is also not surprising from any other country either. Not sure what’s the point of singling it out.

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        Pretty sure asassination of politicians is up there with the rrst of serious stuff that thr country has problems with, what kind of take is yours?