Oman - a country rarely spoken about. What's happening there?

[u/Necessary_Wing799]

Oman is located in a area we heat about a lot for an array of reasons - there are many famous and newsworthy spots close by from dubai to Doha to Iran and Yemen...... what goes on in Oman? Let us know how life is here and any relevant info on its current state....

[u/leehoswald1963]

Im not telling people to visit. I only see my family once every few years cause I feel more comfortable in a free country as well, but I’m talking about the people and the culture being chill not the laws. This is a nuanced topic and not black and white.

[u/EnvironmentalEnd6104 → u/leehoswald1963]

You live in a free country because you know it’s not chill. I will never understand refugees who pretend things weren’t bad the place they fled.

[u/leehoswald1963 → u/EnvironmentalEnd6104]

Perhaps it might be because you've never had the experience of being a refugee yourself. I can have good memories about the community I grew up in, while still acknowledging the problems that led me to leaving, problems that are not a reflection of the Thai people at large.

[u/EnvironmentalEnd6104 → u/leehoswald1963]

I’m the child of Cuban refugees. Cuba is shit and I hope it burns to the ground.

[u/leehoswald1963 → u/EnvironmentalEnd6104]

I don't wish the same for my friends or family still living in Thailand, if the country burned to the ground they would have no home. I also hope the best for the people of Cuba, I don't want their home to burn to the ground either, we can disagree here.

[u/EnvironmentalEnd6104 → u/leehoswald1963]

Fuck that! Fuck socialism, fuck monarchy, fuck fascism. If you’re not liberal democracy fuck you.

[u/doorbell2021 → u/EnvironmentalEnd6104]

You seem to think that it's really simple to have a liberal democracy in a country that has no tradition of democracy. We've been at it for a couple hundred years in the US and are managing to fuck things up pretty well currently.

[u/EnvironmentalEnd6104 → u/doorbell2021]

The president you don’t like winning a democratic election is not a lapse in democracy sorry.

[u/doorbell2021 → u/EnvironmentalEnd6104]

Would you feel the same way when a democratically-elected government in a Muslim country takes away fundamental freedoms from those they disagree with?

Just because you are elected doesn't mean you are a just and fair leader.

Just because you are a monarch doesn't mean you can't be good leader.

Oman is certainly not perfect, but it is about as close as you'll find to benevolent dictatorship in the real world.

[u/EnvironmentalEnd6104 → u/doorbell2021]

Lmao. What fundamental freedoms is trump taking away?

[u/doorbell2021 → u/EnvironmentalEnd6104]

This is the wrong sub for that extensive list.

[u/EnvironmentalEnd6104 → u/doorbell2021]

So you couldn’t think of any? Hysterical.

[u/doorbell2021 → u/EnvironmentalEnd6104]

I know how to adhere to sub rules.

[u/EnvironmentalEnd6104 → u/doorbell2021]

Mhm. Couldn’t even come up with a single example. Yet defending autocrats. Seriously hysterical.

[u/doorbell2021 → u/EnvironmentalEnd6104]

You seem to base your politics solely on something that happened to your parents decades ago.

Fine, here's a starter list for you: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2017/04/usa-100-ways-trump-has-threatened-human-rights-in-first-100-days/

[u/EnvironmentalEnd6104 → u/doorbell2021]

Still waiting for an example. Lmao. A terror supporting organization like amnesty isn’t going to cut it. Your repeated refusal to make an argument only serves to prove my point that there’s nothing you can point to to back up your claims.

[u/doorbell2021 → u/EnvironmentalEnd6104]

You seem to be fine with amnesty for Cubans but not anyone else.

Take your hypocrisy somewhere else. I'm not responding anymore.

[u/EnvironmentalEnd6104 → u/doorbell2021]

What does ai have to do with Cubans?

You’re not responding because it’s clear you’ve lost.