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[–] Aljernon@lemmy.today 6 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Because their oppressors are in opposition to the United States, alot of so called revolutionaries on Lemmy have sided with the oppressors. Many Leftist on this site express more solidarity with "the enemy of my enemy" than they do with workers internationally and they'll happily abandon the Iranian people rather then risk a new Iranian government that's less hostile to the West.

[–] sonofearth@lemmy.world -2 points 5 hours ago

Leftists all arounds the world are known to be radical Islam sympathisers just because they are anti-west. It’s the hard truth and I am going to get downvoted to hell for saying this.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 14 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

What are you looking for, here? Posts of solidarity with the Iranian protests? Seems like you could have just made one. Be the change.

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[–] galoisghost@aussie.zone 42 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Sorry. What am I supposed to be doing?

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 28 points 22 hours ago

Fly to Iran? Get killed or arrested?

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[–] SARGE@startrek.website 15 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

By all means, inform us of all you are doing to help so we can also support things.

Otherwise you're just trying to feel morally superior

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Speaking up is a good start. Having infinite energy for condemnation of every misstep of a bourgeois liberal regime but not a single moment for the condemnation of repression in an authoritarian theocratic regime because it's "Anti-West" is suspect.

Luckily(/s) many of the usual suspects on here have shown that they have plenty of energy... for condemning the Iranian protests.

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[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 11 points 18 hours ago

"ICE officers roam the streets and kill innocent civilians but 3%er, patriot front, nra and proud boys are silent"

[–] grue@lemmy.world 16 points 20 hours ago

I like how you conflate three very different groups of users together and smear half of them as something they're not.

[–] statelesz@slrpnk.net 36 points 23 hours ago

They're not revolutionizing in the correct revolutionary way, which makes them bourgeoise agents of Western Imperialism.

[–] Nadru@lemmy.world 23 points 23 hours ago

2500 dead, 10 000 arrested.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Yes, but you see, the US is on their side, which means they're the bad guys.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 30 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

On the one hand, sure, the people there should watch out for the possibility that the US or similar tries to get a government satisfactory to them installed if the current one falls.

But on the other hand, it's not like there's any mechanism, in a revolution, to collectively declare "you're not allowed to support us" and have it stick. So if all it takes for a revolution to be illegitimate is the US to declare itself in favor, then the US has the power to delegitimize any revolution it wishes without recourse, which doesn't make much sense.

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[–] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (5 children)

Because its a Mossad/CIA operation and part of a campaign of a several decade long regime change attempt by israel.

PS: trump is Netanyahu's bitch

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

No shit Sherlock, every revolution in history has been supported by a regime's enemies. The French supported the Americans, the Germans smuggled Lenin into Russia, Soviets supported Mao, etc etc.

Braindead way to handwave away rape, murder, and maiming as state policy to terrorize and suppress their population.

[–] Mrkawfee@feddit.uk 2 points 10 hours ago

I guess we can't all be as smart as you.

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[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I'm not denying anything, except the neutrality of HRAI. It looks, in my view, as a CIA front. Also, they report 10000 detained people, but it's not like you would care about it.

[–] Aljernon@lemmy.today 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

If you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail. If you're an ML, everything looks like the CIA

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago

Yeah, I've been there before. But if it looks like the same it's because the USA government's rancid recipes. They do the same everywhere, and everybody knows.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Ah, it's "just" 2,600 human lives cut short for protesting against authoritarianism and we'll over 10,000 more imprisoned with the regime pledging to execute them. Not that you care about it as those three magic letters clearly justify anything to you.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 hours ago

I don't take those numbers as facts, that's all. Don't presume you know me. The 10000 figure of dead people was plain misinformation, even taking the source as true.

[–] myrt@lemmus.org 11 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

I'm not sure what youre looking for here, validation? Fanfare? Anger?

Good for them. They died fighting for what they believed in and history will remember them kindly. Should we all be so lucky.

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