• Velma@lemmy.today
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    10 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.

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      10 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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      10 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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        10 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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          10 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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                9 days ago

                Ok so you understand that it should be zero, but you can’t comprehend that the one is closer to it than the other

                Room for growth

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                  9 days ago

                  ….I am asking others why they are ok with 2 but not ok with 2000. Are you being thick on purpose?

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                    9 days ago

                    Who said they were “ok with 2”? You just fantasized that

                    Even then, you’d have to be pretty thick to equate that to 20k

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            9 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.

      • toad@sh.itjust.works
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        8 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