Quote Originally Posted by rvg View Post
How? Is Perkins a mind reader? How was he supposed to know that they intended to kill homosexuals? And why is his public disavowing of the Ugandan bill cannot be considered genuine? He said that the spread of homosexuality must be stopped, he never explicitly or implicitly mentioned any sorts of violent methods.
Well, how about a simple rule: When travelling to a place where the price of machetes spikes during election season, don't use eliminationist rhetoric. That would keep everybody on the correct side of the line.

I find it very hard to believe that you would be so understanding and forgiving if a different group were targeted.

Let's say, for example, that a prominent leftist from the USA traveled to Cambodia and gave a speech about how landowners were the enemy and should be eliminated. Then, surprise, landowners are killed. In this scenario, do you think the person giving the speech should feel, oh, I don't know, shame and horror?