Portugal bans burqas in public spaces

[dollardays 4,203]

Everyone in Portugal knows this is just this government’s xenophobic bullshit to appease the rising far right party 

[Creyk 18,713]

6 minutes ago, Roughhouse Dandy said:

Get her, Jade 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Yes I am sure it accomplishes a lot.

[Ladle Ghoulash 54,859]

32 minutes ago, Not The Real Gaga said:

In my opinion, face covering clothing hinders social interaction in a society where facial recognition and expression play an important role in communication, and hinders social cohesion in general. Clear communication and identification are essential in public settings like schools and hospitals.

This pretty much boils down to policing self-expression for the sake of “social cohesion,” which I’d say is the least justifiable defense tbh. If folks were talking about “public safety” (identifying criminals), I’d at least kind of understand the rationale, but saying “they need to communicate with me the way I want them to and, if they don’t, the government should make them” is wild work lol.

[Ladle Ghoulash 54,859]

5 minutes ago, Creyk said:

Yes I am sure it accomplishes a lot.

Any more misinformed armchair takes about other countries’ politics or we done for the day, sister?

Edited 12 hours ago by Ladle Ghoulash

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,755]

1 minute ago, Creyk said:

Yes I am sure it accomplishes a lot.

Yep! 

Let's the people unfamiliar with your track record know what's really tea 

[Ilia Malinin 3,040]

lotta people i thought were cool coming out of the woodwork as people i would never associate with.  this law is disgusting, end of story.  the only thing i can think of in a similar vein is a muslim girl who was competiting in figure skating and was docked points for wearing a hijab because they "didn't know if it was a constume violation or not."  disgusting, islamophobic behaviour.

[nATAH 57,570]

53 minutes ago, Not The Real Gaga said:

Do you support people walking around naked in public spaces?

what a really weird and unrelated comparison to make

[nATAH 57,570]

26 minutes ago, Roughhouse Dandy said:

Yep! 

Let's the people unfamiliar with your track record know what's really tea 

i been known she's a phoney for years! 

the subtle rage bait threads are so transparent!

[gagzus 24,138]

3 hours ago, electricmisfit said:

I do kind of agree with this "The face must be considered a central element of human identity and communication," but I'm afraid this will just fuel Islamophobia and is just a (pardon the pun) veil for a more hateful right-wing agenda.

It’s only happening because of Islamophobia icl can’t fuel what’s already there

[gagzus 24,138]

3 hours ago, Zedd said:

To be honest - their country, their rules - others should comply, not to sound Islamophobic. If they can't or don't want to comply, that's their problem.

Coming to another country - follow the rules

Having a garbage take whilst having the name and profile picture of the most garbage of Gaga’s producers creatively oh I see the trend

[HotLikeMexico 6,678]

1 hour ago, Not The Real Gaga said:

Do you support people walking around naked in public spaces?

GIRL WHAT?! how is that the same thing. 

[HotLikeMexico 6,678]

35 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Any more misinformed armchair takes about other countries’ politics or we done for the day, sister?

Don’t forget the questionable music takes. 

[Ladle Ghoulash 54,859]

@chun liWhat are we laughing about, sister?

[BrandyFinest 924]

3 hours ago, Zedd said:

To be honest - their country, their rules - others should comply, not to sound Islamophobic. If they can't or don't want to comply, that's their problem.

Coming to another country - follow the rules

you surely wouldn't be saying this  if it was a nation where coverings are required for women to wear. rules don't deserve automatic respect just cuz it's the rule of the land.

[BrandyFinest 924]

the conception of the burqa is incredibly and obviously misogynistic , HOWEVER, bans like these don't exactly help by virtue of these laws being enacted by right wing christains, extreme misogynists themselves, and these laws only being conceived out of imaginary racist scenarios of "Arabs taking over all of europe".