• Stovetop@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    When was Iran tolerable? They’re still as much of a fucked up theocracy with a terrible record on human rights as they’ve been since the revolution.

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      9 months ago

      I recall seeing a lot of posts on here praising the leadership whenever they said anything negative about Trump

      But that’s about the only stuff positive about Iran I’ve seen on here.

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      9 months ago

      I said tolerable to the media. Been barely discussed in UK media until Israel attacked them, now they’re scrambling to justify it based on how bad Iran is…

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        9 months ago

        I’m not in the UK, but I recall Iran being in the media a lot in China and the US. Back when Trump assassinated one of their generals during his first term, the recurring abductions and rapes of women and young girls by the morality police that sparked nationwide protests, the arms they are providing for Russia in their invasion of Ukraine, and now Israel’s unprovoked attack on Iranian infrastructure and citizens.

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          9 months ago

          Basically nothing for 2 years (the protests ended), and the first term for Trump ended in 2021, so 4 years ago. The only thing I have seen is about arms sales, occasionally and it doesn’t express any opinion other than an Iran drone was used.

          In the last few days since the attack, it’s quite a lot about nuclear weapons that may be 2 months, 2 years or a 20 years away, and now about journalists. Basically, the strategy has changed to bumping them up the enemies list to justify the attacks.

          We don’t see much about the Syrian leader, as he’s not much of a terrorist now he’s working with the West.

          It’s interesting how media can pivot their narratives about who the heroes and villains are at any time, and it’s always in line with government foreign policy.

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      9 months ago

      Welp, you convinced me, I now support killing as many Iranians, men women and children, as it takes to save Iranians from the yoke of the Islamic Republic. /s

      Waging war on Iran will not improve the situation of any Iranian, even the worst off. Do not use the name of the people who will be slaughtered by the millions for your warmongering propaganda.

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        9 months ago

        Not sure how you got any of that from what I was saying. Feel free to take your black and white worldview somewhere else.

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          9 months ago

          Oh, I just assumed that your parroting of the mainstream media justifications of this war of aggression to be an assent of this war. Sorry, my bad.