• Velma@lemmy.today
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      8 days ago

      Yeah and the US has murdered a lot of people in ICE detention.

      I’d be wary of those numbers. Israel and the US have a vested interest in drumming up as much support as possible for their war against Iran.

      • Allah@piefed.worldOP
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        8 days ago

        Child killer iran specifically targets young people many times even blinding them by using buck shots they did it in 2009, they did it in 2015-2017 and now they did it again from 2022 to present

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        8 days ago

        agreed. when folks come with “yeah but iran murders protestors” and the response is “so does the US” and people dismiss that because “iran murdered thousands…” I like to ask people for the top number they are ok with. Is 2 ok? But 1000 bad? Ok so what about 20? (hinting along that the number should be zero.)

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          6 days ago

          They could have murdered 90% of their population and they still wouldn’t deserved to be bombed by a bunch of pedophiles and their stupid apologists

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          8 days ago

          Ok so your counter argument to “but they killed 20k protestors” is literally “would it really be better if they only killed 2?”

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            8 days ago

            no. its not an argument it is a question to the interlocutor; if they are mad at iran but not mad at the US they clearly have a number that is ok.

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              7 days ago

              “If they are mad at Iran and not mad at the US…” It’s because they’re racist. It’s not a numbers thing. US sanctions kill 500 thousand people every year. The death and destruction that the US has brought upon the world is astronomical, but because of US exceptionalism, a lot of people refuse to see it, especially in the West.