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been to uae many times. was never scared.

Taleb has been hyping this story for weeks.

The fact it gets so much media coverage suggests its rarity. The odds of being detained in uae for social media posts is very low. The UAE gets tons of tourism. Your odds of being roughed up by police in America are higher.

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Depends on who you are I guess. If you're gay or trans, you're in for a very bad time. While they probably won't actually punish you (besides roughing you up and throwing you in jail for a bit) if you're a foreigner from a large, western country, you're still not exactly "fine".

A gay couple I know frequently enjoy visiting Dubai. I think so long as you keep the PDA in your hotel rooms you are fine.

Most people were just fine in nazi Germany too.

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