375
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 03 May 2026
375 points (96.8% liked)
World News
57561 readers
1453 users here now
A community for discussing events around the World
Rules:
-
Rule 1: posts have the following requirements:
- Post news articles only
- Video links are NOT articles and will be removed.
- Title must match the article headline
- Not United States Internal News
- Recent (Past 30 Days)
- Screenshots/links to other social media sites (Twitter/X/Facebook/Youtube/reddit, etc.) are explicitly forbidden, as are link shorteners.
-
Rule 2: Do not copy the entire article into your post. The key points in 1-2 paragraphs is allowed (even encouraged!), but large segments of articles posted in the body will result in the post being removed. If you have to stop and think "Is this fair use?", it probably isn't. Archive links, especially the ones created on link submission, are absolutely allowed but those that avoid paywalls are not.
-
Rule 3: Opinions articles, or Articles based on misinformation/propaganda may be removed.
-
Rule 4: Posts or comments that are homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, anti-religious, or ableist will be removed. “Ironic” prejudice is just prejudiced.
-
Posts and comments must abide by the lemmy.world terms of service UPDATED AS OF OCTOBER 19 2025
-
Rule 5: Keep it civil. It's OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It's NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
-
Rule 6: Memes, spam, other low effort posting, reposts, misinformation, advocating violence, off-topic, trolling, offensive, regarding the moderators or meta in content may be removed at any time.
-
Rule 7: We didn't USED to need a rule about how many posts one could make in a day, then someone posted NINETEEN articles in a single day. Not comments, FULL ARTICLES. If you're posting more than say, 10 or so, consider going outside and touching grass. We reserve the right to limit over-posting so a single user does not dominate the front page.
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
Lemmy World Partners
News !news@lemmy.world
Politics !politics@lemmy.world
World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world
Ask Historians !askhistorians@lemmy.world
Recommendations
For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/
- Consider including the article’s mediabiasfactcheck.com/ link
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
It is not, actually. The group behind this is mostly a collective of around 9-10 Iran-based, Gen Z creators operating independent of the IRGC and/or official government of Iran. Their group/org name is "Explosive Media".
Lumping everyone in Iran as somehow part of "the regime" is kinda a shitty thing to do.
That, and Trump's ACA/Medicaid cuts are estimated to cause upwards of more than 50,000 premature deaths in the US, so you're also objectively wrong if going by numbers, alone.
In Trump's first term, U.S.-led coalition forces killed more than 29,000 non-combatants in Iraq and Syria.
But sure, the government fighting a CIA-backed, armed rebellion is worse than the government that--checks notes--drops tomahawk missiles on other countries' elementary schools.
About that...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjd8jrd1vnyo
If you're ok having your domestic fascist regime being you're "customer" you can't really push back when people call your product propaganda for the fascist regime...
"But they offer me monies!" Isn't a good enough excuse to work for fascists with criticism for it.
Man, I really thought the "everyone I don't like is a zionist" phase...
The guy who wrote that article also just made a documentary:
https://liontv.com/our-shows/palestine-action-the-truth-behind-the-ban-dispatches
Calling out the UK government for banning Palestine Action...
This may surprise you, the vast majority of "westerners" hate the governments of Israel, Iran, and likely their own domestic governments.
Criticizing one place does not equallyean someone is "on the other side".
In fact, in a lot of conflicts, both governments are assholes.
Does that make sense?
No it applies to them too...
I think the Cruz of the issue, is when someone criticizes something you support in any aspect, you assume that means the completely disagree with you every aspect of that topic and every other topic...
I literally just explained what you're still having problems with:
And then you came back with this:
What the fuck do you think we've been doing?
And why aren't you doing it in the country you live in, but what disclose?
I got a pretty good guess, but I'm trying not to assume.
You mean what I was doing before you started whatever this whole thing has been about?
I could have been doing more of that if I had just blocked you already.
You're actively working against your own self professed instrests here mate.
Not just wasting time, actively hurting it.
I'm saying that they work for fascists to spread fascist propaganda..
That part is true
Like, I think you don't understand what propaganda is either...
Yeah, they make some good points, but that's literally the point.
Pointing out that an even worse government than trump is paying for it, is important context...
Fascist propaganda doesn't magically become true just because it reinforces your beliefs or even contains a few true facts.
You don't understand why it's a good idea to point out propaganda, because you think propaganda is incredibly basic.
That explains why you keep spreading it so much,you're incapable of recognizing when someone is manipulating you...
It's objectively anti-fascist propaganda, though. You can call Iran a repressive theocracy, but it isn't fascist.
Paid for by fascists...
The purpose of the propaganda, is to help the fascist regime paying for it.
You may be confused because some accounts want to make it out that Iran is actually a decent government because American and Israel are bad
Every country involved in this is a peace of shit, and that includes Iran.
Then you clearly don't know what fascism is, and are just using it a catch-all term to apply to any government you don't like. They're religious social conservatives, yes, but they aren't fascist.
Fascism is a superficially populist movement that is used to violently impose the will of capital and suppress the working class, characterized by a merging of state and corporate power. I don't think that this describes Iran accurately, though there are some similarities. In any case, their enemies are a genoicidal rogue state and the seat of the global fascist empire, so they're objectively and by far the least bad out of all the major players in the region.
The "everyone's bad!" position is simply moral and intellectual cowardice. We do not live in a perfect world, and you're never going to find a perfect actor. Iran is engaged in a defensive war against the fascist global empire and its regional cronies, and is winning. That's enough for me, at least for now. We can reexamine the situation after the war.
What?
To clarify, does that mean you disagree that the Iran government is fascist?
read my post and formulate a counterargument or fuck off
Your post is confusing, I'm sorry.
In order to get of the root of the issue, can you please answer if you believe Iran is fascist?
If you don't, then there's no point in anything else.
No problem, not everyone is born with the reading comprehension gene.
I already said I don't think they are. You do realize that the burden of proof lies on the person making a claim, right?
I've humored you long enough. If you don't support Iran's war against imperial aggression, it is you who is the fascist.
FTA:
So... What's your point? What were the nature of the projects? Your linked article doesn't say.
Btw, are you an American? Do you pay taxes to the American fascist regime (or one of its coalition partners)? Yes? Then you directly fund the melting of school children overseas. Do you drive a gas-fueled vehicle? Yeah? Welp, 0.9¢ per gallon of that goes straight to frying little brown boys and girls in Gaza.
If that's not more concerning to you than feigning moral supremacy over some dudes making Lego videos then perhaps your vision is a bit tinted by a different kind of supremacy.
What I said it was...
.
Yeah bro, it sucks...
See that? A citizen saying their government is a bunch of fascists.
What country are you from?
How do you feel about your current government?
Usually when asking it's politie to offer up the same info pre-emptively.
I answered anyways, but if you don't reciprocate it kind of makes it look like you got something to hide
They were rhetorical questions. You weren't supposed to answer them.
You have terrible reading comprehension.
🤦♂️
Does that mean I don't get an answer?
The fact that they're whitelisted to use the internet alone implies they're in cahoots with the government
Not necessarily. People have been working around the data blockade the whole time
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgzk91leweo
I could see the government giving informal approval. (which could simply take the form of them knowing who the group is and letting them continue). But part of the regime? who knows.
Not that the distinction really matters. The more I learn about Iran, I realize that basically everything that goes on there exists in some sort of grey area