• ceoofanarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      That is clearly a reach given the statement “thinking the west has a better way is colonialism” is a massively ahistorical racist take.

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      You could have left colonialism out of it. You brought the western shit into the discussion. If you just said the west has better age of consent, everyone would agree.

      • FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world
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        No, I was making the point that it’s currently popular to shit on the West exporting its ideals, but when it’s something as blindingly obvious as “maybe 9 year old girls shouldn’t be forced into marriage” then maybe on this one occasion that sense of superiority is well placed and necessary