• YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t think they mean that as in “is up to the person but overall okay” but more so as in “is something that isn’t determined by anything other than conscious decision making”

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      1 year ago

      His actual quote (translated to the best of my ability) is:

      Homosexuality is fine, who am I to tell someone who can they have sex with? If they have consent I don’t care if they want to have sex with an elephant. Good luck proving they had consent, but if they do I can’t object.

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      1 year ago

      Actually no, he does mean it in a sense such as: “the government shouldn’t interfere in people’s life projects. If you want to be with a man or a woman that’s your right. Heck even if you wanted to be with an elefant that’s fine with me as long as you have the elefant’s consent”

      Here’s the actual source: https://youtube.com/shorts/FZp6zbQ-goE

      Even the video caption misrepresents his words imho. You can turn on translated captions.

      As I said in another post, Milei is in the bottom right quadrant of the political compass. It’s a big mistake to directly compare him to neo conservatism.