Have western gays abandoned advocating for other gays stuck in homophobic countries? : askgaybros

Yeah, of course it's been abandoned. Duh.

There are three key reasons:

1. This is the only kind of valid point. Is it really the responsibility of western government to protect minority groups in foreign countries when membership in that minority group is defined by its behavior?

2. Remember, most people (both progressives and conservatives) have no real principles and only advocate for policies that will piss off their opponents. So while rights for gay people in the third world was a good way to make conservatives mad, progressives thought it was a great idea. Now that there are better ways to piss off the right (like supporting the broadly homophobic Palestinian people), progressives will advocate for that instead.

3. People living in far away countries are abstract concepts at the best of times, so if a particular situation doesn't affect anyone a given person knows (again, regardless of that person's political beliefs), they're not going to care without constant reminders to do so.

Oh man, I'm serious posting aren't I?