The Left’s Colonial Mission
by Jonathon Van Maren, The European Conservative:
On August 29, a CNN headline went viral: “Two men in Uganda are facing separate charges of ‘aggravated homosexuality,’ an offense punishable by death under the country’s controversial new anti-gay laws.” The clarifying community note attached to the tweet provided important context: “One man is accused of having a sexual relation with a disabled man, the other of a sexual act with a 12-year-old child. Both are charged with ‘aggravated homosexuality,’ defined as same-sex relations with someone who is HIV-positive, a child, an elderly person, or disabled.”
Consider the difference between the narrative provided by CNN and the reality behind the headline. Now consider the fact that the mainstream press has been doing this for years—and the impact that has had on the public perception of many issues. They’re doing this to us on purpose.
Another recent example of this comes from the Guardian. In July, they published an article on the “social imperialism” of the American religious Right titled, “U.S, religious Right at center of anti-LGBTQ+ message pushed around the world.” According to the Guardian, a handful of American evangelical leaders lobbying African leaders are largely responsible for legislation they refer to as ‘anti-LGBTQ+,’ patronizingly ignoring the fact that Africans are, by wide margins, far more socially conservative than Westerners on nearly every issue.
But the Guardian insists that this is a case of the Christians taking their culture wars abroad:
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