21/02/2026
This is so true.
Can You Wave A Pride Flag In Gaza?
Why do Western progressive movements that claim to defend women’s rights, push the LGBTQ+ agenda, secularism, and “free speech” keep aligning themselves with ideologies that restrict those very freedoms elsewhere?
In London, New York, Los Angeles and many other cities around the world, you’ll see Pride flags and Palestinian flags waved together. Activists preach liberation, justice, and equality.
However, In Gaza under Hamas, same-sex relationships are criminalised.
In multiple jurisdictions governed by hardline interpretations of Islamic law, women’s legal rights are unequal.
Apostasy can carry severe consequences and even death.
Blasphemy laws suppress speech.
If you think this is propaganda, just check for yourself, these are documented facts.
So what exactly is being defended?
If the position is simply anti-Israel, then say that clearly. That is a political stance. People can debate it.
But please don’t insult our intelligence by framing it as a universal human rights movement whilst ignoring the governing ideologies involved.
You cannot claim to defend LGBTQ+ equality and stay silent about regimes that criminalise homosexuality.
You cannot claim to defend women’s autonomy while excusing systems that legally subordinate women.
You cannot claim to defend free expression while aligning with movements that suppress dissent under religious law.
If principles are universal, they must apply universally, the number of times I’ve had to mention this fundamental point.
If they only apply when politically convenient, that is not principle. That is a double standard and hypocrisy.
And when progressive movements refuse to apply their values consistently, they damage their own moral credibility.
Supporting civilians caught in conflict is one thing. That is human.
Aligning uncritically with illiberal ideologies is another.
Either you believe in universal rights…or you don’t.
If you stand for equality, stand for it everywhere.
If you stand for freedom, demand it everywhere.
If you stand for dignity, defend it everywhere.
Otherwise, stop pretending this is about universal justice.
Because at that point, it isn’t about rights.
It’s about choosing sides, and calling it virtue.