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Not going to defend the islamic republic with its massacres, but if there is no racial element there is no apartheid, no need to overload a precise term. This
by breppp 9mo ago
Not going to defend the islamic republic with its massacres,
but if there is no racial element there is no apartheid, no need to overload a precise term.
This is simply turning down methods of communications to reduce protestors ability to coordinate and enable mass killings
- Braxton1980 9mo agoCouldn't they just not kill people in mass?
- direwolf20 9mo agoFor some reason this is never seen as a viable solution
- adzm 9mo agoHopefully this is something we can agree upon
- baxtr 9mo agoI understand what you are saying and I was thinking about it when I wrote my comment. I still stand by the term. Apartheid literally means "apartness". Even though the segregation in this case is not on a racial basis they still classify their population into two major blocks. Some have full rights, others have none.
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- dominicrose 9mo agoApartheid isn't only about race. It can be about genre. It obviously exists in Iran. There's also a long history of Persians vs Arabs, an weaponised islam.
- IOT_Apprentice 9mo agoDo you mean Sunni vs Shia? I don’t think that is a reasonable statement by you. Will you also apply that term to Ireland?
- dominicrose 9mo agoI don't apply the term to everything I mentioned Arabs because they are the occupying force in Iran. They even brought Iraqis to repress the population. That is today but there's also a long history in Iran/Persian. Ireland also has a complex history but I don't know enough about that.
- UltraSane 9mo agoIran treats Jews as second class citizens and prevents them from all leaving.
- IOT_Apprentice 9mo agoI’m sure you have proof of this. Prevents them how? Iranians have been traveling in and out of their country for decades.
- UltraSane 9mo agohttps://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/07/precarious-position-iranian-jews/683486/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/07/pr...