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NATO is a modern day imperialist organisation that most in the third world/global south hate. The vast majority of the world's population hates NATO. It is a contemporary imperialist organisation. I have met almost no one in South Africa that is pro NATO, or Western military organisations, in my entire life. The kind of people in South Africa that are pro NATO or Western military operations are also the kind to be pro apartheid, racist and homophobic/extremely transphobic. I have lived in South Africa for nearly 25 years, and this is a constant trend with almost no exceptions. I implore you to think why that is.

Works by authors such is Michael Parenti, Samir Amin and Vijay Prashad could be very helpful to understand why people outside of the west hold anti NATO views.

If the goal of this instance is to be inclusive of LGBTQIA+ people from the entire world (like me), I don't see how you can do that without allowing for anti NATO attitudes. NATO countries constantly push bigoted anti LGBT propaganda abroad while gaywashing at home.