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'So if Saudi Arabia passed the "Homos are humans too, I guess" act, which didn't actually do anything, you would consider this proof that Saudi Arabia is accepting of LGBTQ people?
If the act protected queer people, then I would defend Saudi Arabia against comparisons with countries that actively litigate against the existence of queer people, like Russia, yes.
But I would not consider it proof that Saudi was accepting of queer people. For that I would probably look at testimonies of queer people in the country. Like the ones you can see from millions of US citizens.
You can indeed point to millions of queer US citizens and have them tell you the stories of the discrimination they have faced at the hands of the US government.
That seems like something which would be infinitely harder to do with Saudi subjects. Probably because they aren't allowed to be gay.
Using testimony of discrimination as evidence of acceptance is a novel strategy.
Glad to have surprised you. And yet, if you actually parse what I'm saying, you'll see that the evidence in providing is a presumed lack of testimony being evidence of a lack of acceptance which indicates a comparison which is favourable to my argument.