Here we go again. It is the same old story. It happens everywhere, all the time. A politician runs out of good ideas. Maybe the economy is tanking. Maybe the people are starting to ask tough questions. Maybe the leaders are just bored. So, what do they do? Do they fix the infrastructure? Do they tackle inflation? Do they create sustainable jobs? No. That is hard work. That takes brains. That takes effort.

Instead, they find a group of people to kick. It is the oldest trick in the book. It is lazy, it is pathetic, and right now, it is the driving force behind the new **Senegal anti-LGBT law**.

**Senegal’s Prime Minister, Ousmane Sonko**, has decided that the biggest threat to his country isn't poverty or hunger. No, apparently the biggest threat is who people love. The government there wants to overhaul the **Senegal penal code**. They want to make the rules against LGBT people much, much harder. We aren't talking about a small fine here. We are talking about draconian measures.

The proposed legislation is brutal. It aims to send people to prison for five to ten years for **same-sex relations**. Five to ten years. Think about that. You could rob a store and get less time. You could beat someone up and probably be out sooner. But if you commit what they call "acts against nature," they want to lock you away until your hair turns gray.

They call it "acts against nature." That is funny to me. You know what is actually against nature? Politicians. Governments. Spending your whole life telling other people how to live. That is not natural. That is a sickness. But these guys in suits stand up and talk about morals. They talk about values. They pretend they are saving the soul of the nation. It is all garbage.

Let’s be honest about what this is. This is a classic political distraction. It is a magic trick. Look at this hand over here, waving the angry flag about **LGBT rights in Senegal**, so you don't look at the other hand stealing your wallet.

Politicians love this stuff because it is free. It costs zero dollars to hate someone. It costs billions of dollars to build better schools or hospitals. If you are a lazy leader, which option do you pick? You pick the hate. It is cheap fuel. You get the crowd cheering. You get people angry at their neighbors instead of being angry at you. It works every time. Humans are stupid like that. We love to have someone to look down on. It makes us feel better about our own miserable lives.

So, the government pushes this law. They say it is to protect culture. Give me a break. How does locking a guy in a cell for ten years protect culture? It doesn't. It just ruins a life. It destroys a family. It creates fear. But fear is good for business if you are in charge. Fear keeps people quiet. Fear makes people obey.

This isn't just a Senegal problem. This is a human problem. We see it in the West, too. We see it in the East. Every side does it. The Left screams about words, the Right screams about lifestyles. Everyone is obsessed with controlling everyone else. Nobody just minds their own business anymore.

But this specific move regarding **Senegal's Article 319** is extra dark because of the prison time. Ten years is a lifetime. That is a decade of rotting in a cell because some guy in a nice office needs a boost in the polls. It is cruel. It is pointless. And it won't solve a single real problem in the country.

When this law passes, and it probably will because mobs love this stuff, will the price of bread go down? No. Will the traffic get better? No. Will the corruption stop? No. The only thing that changes is that the government gets to feel powerful. They get to flex their muscles. They get to crush some bugs and feel like giants.

It is boring. I am so tired of it. I wish, just once, a leader would say, "I don't care what you do in your house, let's fix the power grid." But that will never happen. Fixing the power grid is hard. Ruining lives is easy. And politicians always choose the easy way out.

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### References & Fact-Check * **Original Event:** This article references the recent legislative proposal by **Senegal Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko** to increase prison sentences for same-sex acts. * **Legislation Details:** The proposed bill seeks to increase prison terms from the current five years to a maximum of ten years. * **Source:** BBC News - [Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7vj15zlmv6o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss)