re: #492 keloyd

The pre-collapse Soviet countries were more left and more militaristic than any others. Homosexuality was punishable by prison in the Soviet union and Cuba (ah, Cuba until the 80s, says Wiki).

As for sexism, women in Red China or the Soviet empire were more equal in their education and careers, but also got raped a lot more in the gulags.

Militarism and homophobia (outside the United States) do not correlate much at all with left/right ideology.

I would like to pick a bone with your last statement.

The United States is the last major bastion of Homophobia in the civilized world. So saying “well the conservatives in the UK, Canada, Spain and so on and so for aren’t gay bashers” doesn’t hold water for me.

Next are you going to argue with me that women getting rapped in secret prisons is something that doesn’t happen across the political divide?