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American Porn Star Whitney Wright Sparks Fury With Trip To Afghanistan. (www.rferl.org)
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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

That's . . . special

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

In recent years, Wright has visited the predominantly Muslim nations of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon.

Is this sentence trying to paint all Muslim-majority countries as repressive? I imagine she also visits several Christian-majority countries.

[–] sqgl@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago

Are you trying to paint Christian- majority countries as equally repressive as these listed countries?

[–] yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well, yes. There's a huge media frenzy for trying to paint Arabs and Muslims in general as less than human, anything that goes against that narrative is pretty evil.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Ukrainians good, Palestinians bad

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago

Isn’t radio free Europe a CIA-run operation?