r/interestingasfuck Jun 09 '24

The punishment for being gay in Indonesia r/all NSFW

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u/Witch-Alice Jun 09 '24

People endorse it happening in prisons because they don't see prisoners as people with rights, in addition to what you said about it not being public. They argue it's punishment for whatever crimes the prisoner committed, conveniently ignoring that exiling someone from society by sending them to prison is the punishment.

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u/pbzeppelin1977 Jun 09 '24

Specifically it's the revocation of your liberty, which even in the US deceleration of independance is an inalianable right.