• NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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    1 month ago

    We know that Iranian far right religious authoritarian regime killed many people.

    Yeah but five figure estimates are basically all propaganda. Not like four-digit numbers of dead protesters are acceptable of course, but calling the 36k figure CIA propaganda is about right.

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      1 month ago

      Yeah but

      It sounds like “I’m not racist but…”

      There is no but. We know that so many people were killed. We know that it was right wing authoritarian time that was part of Russian imperialistic dreams.

      I know people from Iran who hated the regime. Radical religion police are attacking woman for not wearing hijabs. Nowadays thousands were killed by the regime.

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        1 month ago

        a moment from the 2023 wave of protests still sits with me. a woman being dragged away by the morality in a city center screaming “REMEMBER ME” as loud as she could as a crowd watched in silence. it haunts me

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        30 days ago

        There is no but.

        Except as I said there literally is a but. You’re the one creating a false dichotomy here.

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          30 days ago

          It doesn’t matter if far right wing authoritarian Iranian regime killed tens of thousands or thousands of people. It is a crime, it should never happened, and if did, people in power should be punished for that.

          Israel attack and bombing schools is another crime, but one crime does not makes the other one less important.