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When did the Ayatollah advocate for the abolition of his own government?
by thefucnjosh 6y ago
When 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.
- taurath 6y agoReminder that trump did and said the same things for a long time. It’s only once the mob actually showed up that they banned him. If the ayatollah was saying “go here and destroy this building” and it got done then they’d ban him based on this precedent It’s also a funny argument to me because you have people comparing trump to the ayatollah and mao and thinking it helps their case.
- notmenope 6y agoWhile private businesses, homes, and police precincts were burning, many politicians were promoting more rioting and reminding us that "rioting is the voice of the unheard."
- dang 6y agoCreating accounts for political flamewar isn't ok here. Please stop creating accounts to break the site guidelines with. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html