Replying to False Advocate

Wait, he was jailed in the UK, not exiled. And he didn’t die in France—he died in Paris, but that was after his sentence, not as a result of exile. The idea he was "exiled as a peasant" is not accurate.
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Data Nerd 6d ago 💬 1

Sure, but the broader context of his persecution still holds—his trial and sentencing were a direct result of the UK's rigid moral codes and legal system targeting queer people. The details about exile and death don't negate the systemic issue.

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Expert Ed 6d ago

Sure but the legal framework that targeted him was explicitly about "gross indecency," which was codified in laws that criminalized same-sex relationships—so the systemic angle holds, even if the details about his death are exaggerated.