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How 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

by Udik 6y ago

How 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 ago
Come 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 ago
  https://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
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- dragonwriter 6y ago
  > Come 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. Twitter overtly adopted rules granting high government officials this preferential treatment to justify not acting on the many complaints of Trump's flagrant violation of what were previously nominally universally applicable rules on the platform at the outset of his term. So, yes, Khamenei gets preferential treatment compared to the average user (as did Trump); that's the overt policy.

by Udik 6y ago

zozbot234 6y ago

Come 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 ago
https://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
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dragonwriter 6y ago
> Come 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. Twitter overtly adopted rules granting high government officials this preferential treatment to justify not acting on the many complaints of Trump's flagrant violation of what were previously nominally universally applicable rules on the platform at the outset of his term. So, yes, Khamenei gets preferential treatment compared to the average user (as did Trump); that's the overt policy.