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[+] -15 points 3 months ago (17 children)

Imagine being so morally bankrupt, you can't pick a side. It's called critical support. I don't support the actions of the Iranian state, but I support them in their defensive war against the global hegemon.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (8 children)

    Funny how your type will double down on how there's no moral choice between democrats and Republicans

    Yet somehow you can find the "moral" choice between a theocratic dictatorship (also capitalist btw) and an imperial nation.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    A) nobody mentioned any political party affiliation; if you want to fight people you've made up in your head, I recommend some grippy socks.

    B) nobody has to support Iran. People support peace, which by definition means opposing the US in this conflict. Seeing as how this conflict literally has 2 sides, that definitionally means "supporting Iran." If anything, YOU'RE the one boiling a desire for peace and stability down to "team sports."

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

    a) it's an example to illustrate a point. You only have to be a very moderate lemmy user to know what I'm talking about.

    b) The first sentence was correct. The rest you made up, but that's okay you are right for the most part. Unfortunately some people don't just mean supporting Iran in terms of the conflict with the US/Israel. If you look at the comment that I replied to you can see the user says that Iran should be supported because they oppose global hegemony. That extends far beyond the recent conflict.

    In their mind the USA is the "enemy team" so whoever is up against them they will then be the "good team". That's exactly what the person I replied to is saying. It's frankly sad and morally bankrupt.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago

    I made nothing up. Iran didn't begin this conflict. Iran doesn't extend this conflict. Iran has attempted to deepen diplomatic ties with the US for over a decade; it's the US that owns this conflict, full stop. If you want to argue for secularism, by all means, advocate against the ayatollah. If you want to argue for gender equality, LGBTQ+ equality, democracy, by all means, rally against the IRGC. But if you want a little more peace in the world, and not to worry about impending economic collapse from oil disruption, buddy you gotta stand against the US on this one. Bro can be a tankie, he's like 0.2% of the electorate. It's the 33% that want a christian theocracy, and the 1% that'll give it to them for power, that are the real problem.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    In their mind the USA is the “enemy team” so whoever is up against them they will then be the “good team”. That’s exactly what the person I replied to is saying. It’s frankly sad and morally bankrupt.

    Yeah, the global hegemon which has been extracting resources from the rest of the world for the past 70 years is the bad guy. You'd have to have some kind of brain damage to dispute this fact.

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    Death to America. Death to fascists.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    You think America would be anti-west? You think fascists would be anti-west? Are you mentally ill? Do you understand the concept of critical support? Clearly not. Thanks for the useless comment.

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