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Hardi Partovi (@hadip) has updates: “The wife of a faculty member at the university in Iran watched her husband stand between the students & police. He was cap

Hardi Partovi (@hadip) has updates: “The wife of a faculty member at the university in Iran watched her husband stand between the students & police. He was captured & told he was guilty of betraying Islamic law. He was beaten & shot dead as his wife hid in a car & watched.” https://nitter.net/hadip/status/1576747834035929089#m https://nitter.net/hadip/status/1576747834035929089#m - Firouz M. Naderi (@Firouz_Naderi): Can you imagine the US government sending armed guerrilla forces to Boston to surround Harvard and MIT and start killing students? Well, that is exactly what is going on in Tehran, Iran as I tweet this. The world media seems to be deaf and blind!! #دانشگاه_شریف #مهسا_امینی https://nitter.net/Firouz_Naderi/status/1576713744167469056#m https://nitter.net/Firouz_Naderi/status/1576713744167469056#...

macintux 4y ago
> Can you imagine the US government sending armed guerrilla forces to Boston to surround Harvard and MIT and start killing students? There were some dark times during the Trump administration when unmarked federal agents were sent to squash protests[1]. And of course long before that was Kent State[2]. So sadly the U.S. isn't as far removed from your hypothetical as I'd wish. 1: https://www.dw.com/en/us-donald-trump-slammed-for-using-unmarked-federal-agents-against-portland-protesters/a-54224419 https://www.dw.com/en/us-donald-trump-slammed-for-using-unma... 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings
- tenpies 4y ago
  What would be your preferred course of action when violent insurrectionists attack a Federal court house? https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/07/21/portland-riots-read-out-july-21 https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/07/21/portland-riots-read-out-...
  - macintux 4y ago
    Federal agents with no markings, grabbing people off the streets, without coordinating with local officials... how is that not dystopian?
    - the_only_law 4y ago
      It’s good because it happened to people I don’t like.
    - nradov 4y ago
      Federal agents are allowed to arrest anyone on the street if they have probable cause to suspect a violation of federal law. They aren't required to wear uniforms or coordinate with local officials. What's dystopian about that?
      - usednet 4y ago
        Nothing dystopian at all about unmarked vans picking protestors off the streets.
        PM_me_your_math 4y ago
        So unmarked, the agents wore DSS, DHS, and FBI badges on their uniforms... The real dystopian nonsense was when media was telling us the "protests" were "mostly peaceful."
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steve76 4y ago

macintux 4y ago

> Can you imagine the US government sending armed guerrilla forces to Boston to surround Harvard and MIT and start killing students? There were some dark times during the Trump administration when unmarked federal agents were sent to squash protests[1]. And of course long before that was Kent State[2]. So sadly the U.S. isn't as far removed from your hypothetical as I'd wish. 1: https://www.dw.com/en/us-donald-trump-slammed-for-using-unmarked-federal-agents-against-portland-protesters/a-54224419 https://www.dw.com/en/us-donald-trump-slammed-for-using-unma... 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings

tenpies 4y ago
What would be your preferred course of action when violent insurrectionists attack a Federal court house? https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/07/21/portland-riots-read-out-july-21 https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/07/21/portland-riots-read-out-...
- macintux 4y ago
  Federal agents with no markings, grabbing people off the streets, without coordinating with local officials... how is that not dystopian?
  - the_only_law 4y ago
    It’s good because it happened to people I don’t like.
  - nradov 4y ago
    Federal agents are allowed to arrest anyone on the street if they have probable cause to suspect a violation of federal law. They aren't required to wear uniforms or coordinate with local officials. What's dystopian about that?
    - usednet 4y ago
      Nothing dystopian at all about unmarked vans picking protestors off the streets.
      - PM_me_your_math 4y ago
        So unmarked, the agents wore DSS, DHS, and FBI badges on their uniforms... The real dystopian nonsense was when media was telling us the "protests" were "mostly peaceful."
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steve76 4y ago