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My impression is that protests in the West are largely MAGA aligned and focused more on regime change. Totally different target audience. Observe “MIGA” sloga

My impression is that protests in the West are largely MAGA aligned and focused more on regime change. Totally different target audience. Observe “MIGA” slogans and Trump’s face in this video from Los Angeles https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=20T6XrrLdiA&pp=ygUYbG9zIGFuZ2VsZXMgcHJvdGVzdCBpcmFu https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=20T6XrrLdiA&pp=ygUYbG9zIGFuZ2V... Edit: Also, the Left seems to more often pick sides when its one ethnic group oppressing another, as identity politics is prominent in their messaging

dataflow 8mo ago
If anything it feels more surprising that the foreign protests aren't getting more coverage. They've been huge, it seems.
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- georgeburdell 8mo ago
  Inside Iran the message is similar: get Donald Trump’s attention. And the stated goal of the action is to reinstall the Shah as the head of a caretaker government who pinky swear promises to let the people choose how they want to be governed. This is problematic for civic minded Westerners for obvious reasons.
  - hunterpayne 8mo ago
    There is no organized political opposition inside of Iran for obvious reasons. That's the biggest problem here.
  - Rover222 8mo ago
    But foregners know better than the Iranians what's best for Iran? Just like in Cuba and Venezuela.
Rover222 8mo ago
I think if Biden was taking a lot of the same actions the Trump admin is taking, people would support it a lot more (Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, maybe even Gaza). Of course then the right would be protesting foreign interventions.
- dataflow 8mo ago
  > I think if Biden was taking a lot of the same actions the Trump admin is taking, people would support it a lot more (Venezuela, If Biden repeatedly shot boats that he alleged carried drugs without evidence and then shot survivors again for good measure until he eventually went and captured Venezuela's de facto head of state, people would support him a lot more? Really?
  - Rover222 8mo ago
    Yeah, of course democrats would support that much more than with Trump doing it. Same goes the other way of course. Republicans would be much more against it.
    - dataflow 8mo ago
      > people would support it a lot more > democrats would support that much more, Republicans would be much more against it. More people ≠ more Democrats

dataflow 8mo ago

If anything it feels more surprising that the foreign protests aren't getting more coverage. They've been huge, it seems.

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georgeburdell 8mo ago
Inside Iran the message is similar: get Donald Trump’s attention. And the stated goal of the action is to reinstall the Shah as the head of a caretaker government who pinky swear promises to let the people choose how they want to be governed. This is problematic for civic minded Westerners for obvious reasons.
- hunterpayne 8mo ago
  There is no organized political opposition inside of Iran for obvious reasons. That's the biggest problem here.
- Rover222 8mo ago
  But foregners know better than the Iranians what's best for Iran? Just like in Cuba and Venezuela.

Rover222 8mo ago

I think if Biden was taking a lot of the same actions the Trump admin is taking, people would support it a lot more (Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, maybe even Gaza). Of course then the right would be protesting foreign interventions.

dataflow 8mo ago
> I think if Biden was taking a lot of the same actions the Trump admin is taking, people would support it a lot more (Venezuela, If Biden repeatedly shot boats that he alleged carried drugs without evidence and then shot survivors again for good measure until he eventually went and captured Venezuela's de facto head of state, people would support him a lot more? Really?
- Rover222 8mo ago
  Yeah, of course democrats would support that much more than with Trump doing it. Same goes the other way of course. Republicans would be much more against it.
  - dataflow 8mo ago
    > people would support it a lot more > democrats would support that much more, Republicans would be much more against it. More people ≠ more Democrats