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[โ€“] 31 points 3 months ago (9 children)

I'm Pakistani. The subcontinent is super conservative. You have to remember the British rules over us for centuries and all our grandparents want to do is to imitate them.

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  • [โ€“] 21 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Pretty sure the rape marry thing and even forced child marriages predated the British.

    Not that the British weren't complete evil shits, but I don't think this one is on them.

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  • [+] -9 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Ah the good ol' "everything is the fault of colonizers" deflection. Also it was not even a century that the area that is now Pakistan was ruled by British Empire - 98 years to be exact.

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Did you even read my comment? I didn't blame the British (tho they deserve a ton of blame). I was criticizing my grandparents generation for not having enough outrage. My grandparents were born in India and had to leave during Partition.

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Nah man I understood your comment and you do defer responsibility to "british ruling us for centuries and old people trying to imitate them" as if rape was not a big problem in the region for hundreds of years. I hate colonizers as much as anyone else but when it comes to this issue it's not that.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I feel like reading comprehension isn't your strong suit.

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 3 months ago*

    You have to remember the British rules over us for centuries and all our grandparents want to do is to imitate them.

    is yours? Identify the subjects that are being blamed in this sentence. Take your time. I'll wait.

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