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I often struggle to become convinced of what to believe with these sorts of things. Is the media to be believed? Is this state or that nation bad? But, I know
by shortandsweet 6y ago
I often struggle to become convinced of what to believe with these sorts of things. Is the media to be believed? Is this state or that nation bad?
But, I know that during the Arab spring the Iranian revolutionary guard killed their own people. That removed all of my doubt, the Iranian government is bad. Anyone that would kill their own people are capable of much worse. They had no due process, no investigation, just killing in the streets. It didn't take the opinion of a news anchor for me to reach that conclusion, I saw it with my eyes.
- AsyncAwait 6y agoAgreed in general, but this standard needs to be applied uniformly, even when stories like [1] show up. 1 - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201117/12384545723/government-argues-court-that-it-can-kill-us-citizens-will-with-zero-judicial-oversight.shtml https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20201117/12384545723/gover...
- whimsicalism 6y agoIsrael sterilized its own black citizens in the 90s. Every country has killed its own people. The United States isn't morally bankrupt for winning the civil war.
- stunt 6y agoNot to mention, the current regime in Iran is in power as the result of previous interventions by the U.S. and the UK. And yet we think another regime change is going to fix the mess we created for them years ago.