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Is it helpful for a conversation if you call an entire people insane?
by dastuer 7mo ago
Is it helpful for a conversation if you call an entire people insane?
- pydry 7mo agoYou dont speak for Iran.
- dastuer 7mo agoThen who does? If it’s not the people? Who does?
- pydry 7mo agoRecently created accounts of dubious provenance on hacker news are not "its people". The views of its people can be determined through polling. E.g. https://wanaen.com/nearly-70-of-iranians-believe-country-can-withstand-possible-u-s-attack/ https://wanaen.com/nearly-70-of-iranians-believe-country-can... "72% of Iranians oppose stopping the development of missile technology as a means of avoiding possible U.S. military action." Or https://www.cissm.umd.edu https://www.cissm.umd.edu /research-impact/publications/iranian-public-opinion-soon-after-twelve-day-war "This survey found notable signs of the "rally-round-the-flag effect" that many observers were commenting on at that time, including very positive appraisals of some aspects of their government’s and military’s performance during the war."