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They still let the Ayatollah Tweet.
by kyleblarson 6y ago
They still let the Ayatollah Tweet.
- imperio59 6y agoThis. Double standards all the way.
- selimthegrim 6y agoCare to elaborate? Are they violating sanctions?
- 2muchcoffeeman 6y agoI’m not sure of any other time Twitter did the banning of it’s own volition. But one might reasonably argue that people who don’t follow certain ideologies get reported and suspended more often.
- akhosravian 6y agoIs there a tweet from his account that violates twitters ToS?
- Meekro 6y agohttps://twitter.com/khamenei_ir/status/1263551872872386562 https://twitter.com/khamenei_ir/status/1263551872872386562 "The only remedy until the removal of the Zionist regime is firm, armed resistance." https://twitter.com/khamenei_ir/status/1263181288338587649 https://twitter.com/khamenei_ir/status/1263181288338587649 "We will support and assist any nation or any group anywhere who opposes and fights the Zionist regime." Now compare that to the Trump tweets that prompted his suspension, according to the Twitter statement: "The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!" "To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th." To claim that the second set of Tweets incites violence more than the first is absurd. Yes, context matters, but it also matters for the Ayatollah tweets. When the leader of Iran advocates "armed resistance" to the state of Israel, we know exactly what that means.
- richrichardsson 6y agoIsn't it just bluster on the part of the Ayatollah? Do you think it at all likely to inspire action? Trump on the other hand has clearly demonstrated his ability to incite action.
- notmenope 6y agoAs far as I am aware, the plan to march on the Capitol preceded anything that Trump said.
- Udik 6y agoHow are Khamenei's tweets any different from those of US politicians against Iran or other "enemy" nations? Should we apply the same standard to US politicians who have tweeted threats to Iran or supported actions aimed to the collapse of Iranian regime?
- zozbot234 6y agoCome on, Twitter has been banning plenty of users for posting blatantly anti-Semitic dog-whistles like "the Zionist regime". It's quite clear that Khamenei is getting preferential treatment.
- Udik 6y ago"Zionist regime" is not an anti-semitic "dogwhistle" (trendy term used to assign words whatever meaning you like, disregarding the literal one). It's a derogatory appellative for a country. Zionism is a political ideology and Israel is a country engaged in blatant apartheid and ethnic cleansing.
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- Kim_Bruning 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism So in this case he might be technically correct in identifying the exact people he opposes... Possibly. Iran is a bit weird, they actually have a seat of parliament reserved for a Jewish representative. See here for details of the current holder of this seat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Motamed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Motamed
- Drunk_Engineer 6y agoIn this tweet he says "death to American politicians": https://twitter.com/khamenei_ir/status/1093791374204420097 https://twitter.com/khamenei_ir/status/1093791374204420097
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- taurath 6y agoHe can say march on the Capitol all he wants. If a mob shows up then you can bet your ass he’ll be off the platform.
- uoaei 6y agoIt's not so much about the words as the material consequences of those words.
- curryst 6y agoThat's a bad line to draw. "We're helpless to do anything until someone dies" isn't likely to draw a lot of sympathy.
- jmull 6y agoThat seems like a great place to draw the line to me.
- bbeesley 6y agoIsn’t that the way laws work? You can’t prosecute someone until they’ve committed a crime. The issue here is whether the “crime” is tweeting stuff that starts an insurrection, or tweeting stuff that could be interpreted as potentially starting an insurrection. Me telling someone to go fuck themselves probably isn’t a problem, but me telling someone with learning difficulties to go fuck themselves and them feeling compelled to do it and hurting themselves probably is a problem.
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- Fjolsvith 6y agoRecall last year when the rioting was going on and Kaepernick was calling for more violence on Twitter? @Jack gave him $3m.
- thefucnjosh 6y agoWhen did the Ayatollah advocate for the abolition of his own government?
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- used_noise 6y agoWell, 1978, although I am not saying I agree with the equivalence.
- mech422 6y agoThat ayatollah died in 1989... 'ayatollah' is a title, not a name...
- used_noise 6y agoRight, the person who now has that title was involved in the revolution, but thank you for sharing, maybe that is a new fact to someone.
- mech422 6y agomy bad, I thought khomeini was the one being referenced. I guess it should be more specific, given how many have the title ?
- used_noise 6y agoNo worries, I agree it is less clear than it could be, given the shift in time between question and answer.
- Meekro 6y agoAccording to Twitter's public statement, Trump's rule violation was incitement of violence, not "advocating for the abolition of his own government." The Ayatollah has repeatedly tweeted in support of the violent destruction of the state of Israel. If that's not incitement of violence, I don't know what is.
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- dragonwriter 6y ago> They still let the Ayatollah Tweet. Presumably, while Don, Jr. did the same thing when making the same complaint, you mean “Iran’s Supreme Leader”, which is a unique position. There are a large number of Ayatollahs (and even several Grand Ayatollahs, including Supreme Leader Khamenei).