Metanoia
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Indeed. The Americans should look inwards instead. There are plenty of challenges and issues to worry about before "lecturing". That lecturing won't change anything either.
Don't get me wrong, KSA is not some kind of liberal palace (thank God if you ask me) but it is hard to take seriously when it is included on such lists taken into account what occurs in some of the other 200 countries of the world. A joke quite frankly.
This myth of Shias in KSA somehow being oppressed is also a fallacy given the wealth of the Eastern Province and the Shias of the Eastern Province generally being well-educated and important members of the society.
Rebelling against the state nor crossing the lines of the power circle will get you in trouble and gets you in trouble irrespective of region, sect etc. Even more so given the heightened regional tension.
Man, I have spent a decade in Saudi Arabia, with the bulk of it being in Sharqiyah. This whole fabled "oppression" of the "minorities" is too tiresome to be honest.
Here's an unpopular opinion of mine based on my own personal experiences, there are a total of three main professional victims of our times:
1) The Jews
2) The Shias
3) Women/Liberals.