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c0mbatbag3l ,
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How is centuries old colonialism at fault for the clearly bigoted and anti-LGBTQ theocracy of fundamentalist Islamic radicals that took over the country and are currently implementing and enforcing authoritarian restrictions on the population LIKE WE KNEW THEY WOULD?!?

Stupid as absolute fuck. Blame Sharia law and those that uphold it.

ThatWeirdGuy1001 , (edited )
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I mean that’s pretty much how all modern cultural views happened. The British came in and changed shit and when they left not everything changed back and a lot of cultural norms remained.

Edit: Idk anything about middle eastern history (thanks American education system!) I just thought it made sense since Britain has impacted cultures all over the world due to its violent colonialism.

sizeoftheuniverse ,

Can you give us some examples of Iraqi social norms that are left from the Brits?

ThatWeirdGuy1001 ,
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Nope because I don’t know any lmao

I was only bringing it up because it made sense in my head 😅

c0mbatbag3l ,
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The British have nothing to do with the takeover of religious authoritarianism in the area and the obvious implications of what people would be oppressed when said religion becomes law.

This trying to shift the blame onto anyone except the actual problem, the modern religious extremists that control the country.

ThatWeirdGuy1001 ,
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I’m not tryna shift blame I just thought it made sense 😅

c0mbatbag3l ,
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Not you personally, but the overarching narrative you’re espousing is intended to take the pressure off of the current oppressors which are the religious authorities of the middle east.

Sorry if it seemed like I was specifically targeting you, it’s more about the articles perspective being used as a tool.

ThatWeirdGuy1001 ,
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Hey that’s fair. I’m not a big fan of religious doctrine personally so I understand. I just thought that it might’ve been a remnant of British culture at the time.

But like I said I’m ignorant af about it all and I’ll accept that

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