A heaven for LGBT people, woman and religous and ethnic minorities.
Tonight there is a documentary on SBS about how gay or LGBT people are badly treated in Russia.
I have been blown away tonight just being given a glimpse at how truly TERRIBLE is the treatment of LGBT people in Russia. I knew it wouldn't be good but just how BAD, I had no idea.
It made me feel sad seeing human beings treated that badly and cruelly.
This made me think of other ABC and SBS documentaries I have seen over the past 2 decades which give one an idea how terribly woman, LGBT people and religious and ethnic minorities are treated in so many different nations, states and regions of the world.
I know homophobia, misogyny and racism still exists in nations like Australia, Canada, the UK and western Europe, for example, but compared to how shockingly TERRIBLY worse the level of homophobia, misogyny and persecution of racial, ethnic or religious minorities is in so very, very many other places on this planet that I really think a nation like Australia must be almost like a heaven for women, gays and other minorities.
Also, for the population of Australia as a whole. Most in Australia are living in something heaven - like compared to about half the world's population who are either starving or malnourished, suffering from war, civil war, famine and disease, with no proper health care etc or struggling on less than $1 a day or if lucky, maybe $2 to $3 a day, at the very best.
But back to homophobia, some recent documentaries on ABC and SBS have shown how bad was the homophobia in general and treatment of LGBT people in Australia or the UK back in the 1950s and 60s and even through to the 70s and 80s ! It is so easy to forget how bad things were in fairly recent times.
I am not saying things are perfect in Australia. Perfection will never be achieved anywhere.
But, my God ! , in Australia we have come SO far with having better treatment for gays, women etc., compared say to 50 years ago. And right now in 2018 we are light years ahead of more than half the nations in the world !!
I have been blown away tonight just being given a glimpse at how truly TERRIBLE is the treatment of LGBT people in Russia. I knew it wouldn't be good but just how BAD, I had no idea.
It made me feel sad seeing human beings treated that badly and cruelly.
This made me think of other ABC and SBS documentaries I have seen over the past 2 decades which give one an idea how terribly woman, LGBT people and religious and ethnic minorities are treated in so many different nations, states and regions of the world.
I know homophobia, misogyny and racism still exists in nations like Australia, Canada, the UK and western Europe, for example, but compared to how shockingly TERRIBLY worse the level of homophobia, misogyny and persecution of racial, ethnic or religious minorities is in so very, very many other places on this planet that I really think a nation like Australia must be almost like a heaven for women, gays and other minorities.
Also, for the population of Australia as a whole. Most in Australia are living in something heaven - like compared to about half the world's population who are either starving or malnourished, suffering from war, civil war, famine and disease, with no proper health care etc or struggling on less than $1 a day or if lucky, maybe $2 to $3 a day, at the very best.
But back to homophobia, some recent documentaries on ABC and SBS have shown how bad was the homophobia in general and treatment of LGBT people in Australia or the UK back in the 1950s and 60s and even through to the 70s and 80s ! It is so easy to forget how bad things were in fairly recent times.
I am not saying things are perfect in Australia. Perfection will never be achieved anywhere.
But, my God ! , in Australia we have come SO far with having better treatment for gays, women etc., compared say to 50 years ago. And right now in 2018 we are light years ahead of more than half the nations in the world !!
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