• HughJanus@lemmy.ml
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      There literally is not. That’s a legal defense that lawyers use. It doesn’t instantly exonerate the crime.

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        depending on the judge

        To treat it as a valid legal defense is an abomination and judges have countless times ruled in favor of the perpetrator on just the basis of that defense.

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          That’s not a legal exception, that’s just a corrupt judge. Do you not have those in Canada?

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            Do you understand how precedent works in the US court system? I mean, I fully agree that US judges and laws are corrupt, but it doesn’t change the fact that those laws and judges are still upheld by the state

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              Yes I understand. I asked a question, would you like to answer it? Did you not notice that people use this same defense in other countries?

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                  We’ve already been over this several times now, there are no homophobic laws in the US.

                  The topic of conversation is a warning to “queer” people about going into the US, as if it is more dangerous than the country they’re leaving. So yes, it matters.

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                    There are no homophobic laws in the US

                    You can keep telling that to yourself, it doesn’t change the reality

                    Also US is objectively more dangerous than Canada for LGBTQIA+ people