i like how they're always like
'post proof LIBERAL'
'Here's proof'
'THATS NOT REAL, HASBARA! LIBERAL HASBARA!'
According to ML:
The USA government and the Media corporations are somehow the most diabolical, cohesive, competent, and ingenious institutions...
while at the same time being a bunch of divided, incompetent morons.
The enemy is both strong and weak.
Some of the worst tankies on Fedi, complete lack of humanity and appalling regressive behaviour.
Let's hope they get firsthand experience of what they wish on others.
i personally don't hope violence on anyone but politicians and billionaires :)
That's a fair philosophy, but there are times when people stoop so low...
Are these supposed "Marxists" really defending a theocracy?
Marxism is when not american.
Lord.
i feel like this video was made to describe idiots like them
Iran killed thousands of protestors, they've admitted at least that much, but they probably haven't killed tens of thousands like western media has been alleging. These people are idiots for thinking Iran did nothing wrong, but that doesn't mean you have to believe the massively inflated numbers coming out of western media. It's logistically implausible and borders on the absurd.
And yes, the reporting on this is being done to manufacture consent for military action against Iran, not because the US government just cares so very much about the Iranian protestors' cause or for human rights. There's truth in the reporting, but it's selective and exaggerated for a reason.
I'm not sure what you're trying to argue here so this comment doesn't make any sense to me.
I'm trying to argue that although the users posted above are wrong about Iran's atrocities being outright lies, they are correct that the western media reporting about it is to serve as a pretext for military action.
Again you are generalising about "western media". which "western media" alleges they have "killed tens of thousands"? Lots haven't, in fact I haven't encounted a single one which did.
"Oh, this is calamity! Calamity! Oh no, he's on the floor!"
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