John Oliver: Calling Uganda’s anti-LGBT laws ‘harsh’ is like calling Stalin ‘a bit of a grump’

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For Pride weekend, Last Week Tonight’s host John Oliver trained his eye on Uganda, pointing out that the country’s anti-gay laws have become more extreme with help of anti-gay crusaders like Scott Lively of the United States.

Uganda recently passed a law that imposes life sentences on those convicted of ‘aggravated homosexuality.’

“Calling Uganda’s laws ‘harsh’ doesn’t really do them justice. That’s like calling Stalin ‘a bit of a grump,’ ” Oliver explained. “Or the Triangle Shirtwaist fire a ‘whoopsie-doo’. Or the Titanic a ‘disappointing vacation.’”

Pointing out that, since the anti-gay legislation went into effect in Uganda, actual attacks on gays in the country have increased between 750 to 1900 percent from previous years, Oliver said, “It’s gotten to the point where people from the dark ages could build a time machine, travel to 2014 Uganda, step outside and go ‘ah shit, it didn’t work.’ ”