• Geobloke@aussie.zone
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      2 months ago

      Well homosexuality is illegal in much of North Africa and the Middle East, so running a poll might get you in trouble

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        A reasonable point, but extremely difficult to square with the claim made by the OP. Also, the rest of Africa exists.

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        And subsaharan Africa, including Nigeria I think.

        Edit: Yep, punishable by hard time in the Christian south, and death in the Muslim north. Other Christian nations down there have brought in the death penalty over time.

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      Yep. And subsaharan Africa is a loss, because I’m guessing it’s the place bucking the trend. I wouldn’t go quite as far as “selective”, though, since that implies intentionality or completely different results.

      I would guess that the rest of MENA looks a lot like Turkey, if you could manage to safely poll it - a starting point that’s uniformly hostile, but a few people being swayed by progressive influence over time. Religious belief of the younger generations is also descending faster than anywhere else IIRC.

      North Korea would also be fascinating, with a magic wand.

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          since that implies intentionality or completely different results.

          I don’t really see evidence of either. Many minor countries elsewhere are neglected as well, and it’s still a global trend.

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              It’s also just a global trend anecdotally, and probably based on other research that’s been done. And it almost certainly does extend to MENA for reasons I mentioned. This is one of those infographics that’s not really surprising.

              based on non-global data carefully selected to leave out anything that doesn’t agree?

              Basically, asked and answered.