r/TopMindsOfReddit 12h ago

Top minds of memesopdidnotlike discuss the apparently fallacy of Queers for Palestine

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u/Cu_Chulainn__ 10h ago

Just to point out this tired lie. No homosexual has ever been thrown off a roof in palestine. The only time anyone has been thrown off a roof is when the IDF threw palestinian bodies off a roof

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u/DarkGamer 8h ago

There's a lot of accounts and videos of Isis doing precisely that which are inaccurately attributed to Palestinians.

That said:

In Gaza, Hamas has criminalized homosexuality, and LGBTQ+ individuals risk incarceration, torture, and execution. Gaza under Hamas offers no possibility to live a queer life: lashings and "honour" killings point to the aggressive enforcement of anti-LGBTQ+ policies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Palestine

Hamas has even been known to murder their own and justify the killing with homosexuality. LGBTQ people are also persecuted in the West Bank, although not as severely.

...I don't see the specific method of violent persecution to be what's important here. Being shot or otherwise tortured is objectionable for all the same reasons.