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Israel used ‘white phosphorus’ in strikes on populated areas in Lebanon: Rights group (www.presstv.ir)

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Images verified by Human Rights Watch (HRW) show Israel fired “white phosphorus” in populated areas of southern Lebanon.

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[–] Triumph@fedia.io 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For some reason, "patriotism" (or whatever) creeps back in and US citizens once again believe their regime, even though they should have known long ago that everything coming out of the White House these days is a blatant lie.

Lol no. Everyone knows the lies, nobody is doing the "USA! USA!" chant over this Iran bullshit.

[–] DandomRude@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What about all the numerous accounts that have deemed it necessary in recent days, even here in the Fediverse, to discuss at length whether the US is actually responsible for the cold-blooded murder of more than 150 little schoolgirls? Are these all bots? And if so who pays for that?

To be honest, I very much doubt that these are bot account - and if you ask me, there can be no doubt about the fact that the US is commiting the most heinous war crimes in Iran, because the US is led by an absolute monster, which we do seem to agree on.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Those voices always seem to be suddenly amplified at just the right moment. Like before the 2024 election, a lot of noise about genocide (only the one, and only the one that could be in any way blamed on Biden or Harris). Election over? Silence.

If you don't think there's propaganda armies here, just like there are everywhere else, I have a bridge to sell you.

[–] DandomRude@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago

Manipulation is indeed happening on mainstream social media platforms to such an extent that this is now very endangering all remaining democracies.

In the Fediverse, however, this has hardly been a problem so far, as none of the participating platforms has a reach that is even remotely relevant. Of course, this network is also vulnerable, even quite significantly due to its decentralized architecture, but I have not noticed any such attempts here so far (except for a few really pathetic users who wanted to give their opinions more weight with various fake accounts).

Nevertheless, what you say is a serious problem, but I don't think it plays a major role in this network for now.

I think it's just the usual, completely absurd US "patriotism." Unfortunately that is still a thing, even under Trump. There are simply a lot of people who believe that it is a sign of excellence when their home country wins the gold medal in Olympic hockey -for some reason people see this as their personal success and act accordingly on social media.