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I'm an Iranian and this protest is very different because it's not about a specific government policy ... It's about the totality of the regime. Unfortunately,
by amir734jj 9mo ago
I'm an Iranian and this protest is very different because it's not about a specific government policy ... It's about the totality of the regime. Unfortunately, government has been following the same old brutal playbook by killing protesters and cutting off the Internet.
- cramsession 9mo ago[flagged]
- irusensei 9mo ago>American: no you are wrong... let me educate you about your own struggle.
- cramsession 9mo ago[flagged]
- AnimalMuppet 9mo agoHe's living in Milwaukee (per his HN about page). That doesn't make his claim to be Iranian false.
- KaiserPro 9mo agoThats such bollocks. you can't just order up a whole country protest, prolonged protest when you want. The average person in the street isn't going to protest, risk death and torture because some bloke with a dodgy accent tells them to
- cramsession 9mo ago[flagged]
- KaiserPro 9mo agook but like what's your sources? "trust me bro?" Do you have family there?
- cramsession 9mo agoIt’s actually on the people claiming there are “massive” protests to prove that’s true.
- KaiserPro 9mo agono its on both of you. I made the fairly reasonable assertion that people don't come out on to the streets when there is a non-trivial chance of being shot, simply because someone told them to. (see protests in any other oppressive country) Now, where is my source for that? well put it this way, I don't go out to protest that much and I'm in a non-oppressive country. the bar for protest where I might be shot or sent to a hole is waaaay higher. Now to your point: "there are no protests, just a couple of isreali agitators" The videos that I have seen show >thousand people on the streets, bearing down on police, or running away from the police. Different places, different times, but all in the last two weeks. Now, that _could_ be selective publication, but I didn't see most of these videos through the press.
- FilosofumRex 9mo agothat would make it much more suspicious the protests are being orchestrated from outside by CIA/Mossad... The "regime" is a republic with regularly held presidential (8 presidents in 45 years) and parliamentary elections. What would you like to replace it with? Monarchy
- amir734jj 9mo agoI would like people not to get killed when they protest I would like the internet not to get shut down during the protest Am I asking too much?
- FilosofumRex 9mo agoNo, it's just exactly what CIA/Mossad are asking for, too - you're in good company
- amir734jj 9mo agoYou think I am CIA/Mossad for asking people not to get killed when they protest? I expected HN community to be better. Shame.
- thomassmith65 9mo agoCan you blame us? We just want to protect you Persians from a constitutional monarchy /s
- cramsession 9mo ago[flagged]
- perching_aix 9mo ago> The "regime" is a republic with regularly held presidential (8 presidents in 45 years) and parliamentary elections. I'd think the regime thing refers to the Supreme Leader of 36 years and his Guardian Council, no?