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The classic "democracy" and "freedoms" paradox. Iran for example is accused of silencing critics, when everyone else does so as a "normal thing" but Iran is th

The classic "democracy" and "freedoms" paradox. Iran for example is accused of silencing critics, when everyone else does so as a "normal thing" but Iran is the boogeyman. I can only imagine the level of propaganda by Israel in trying to downplay their heinous crimes....

ImJamal 18d ago
I'm not defending Israel as the minister is clearly wrong here, but surely silencing critics by killing them (what Iran is accused of) is quite a bit more severe than removing citizenship?
- datsci_est_2015 18d ago
  Funniest comment I’ve read all day, thanks. Never seen someone make light of a government rendering someone stateless. Especially rich in the context of an apartheid state.
  - ImJamal 18d ago
    Are you saying your own comment is funniest your read all day? If not then I am quite confused because I never made light of anything and made it clear that it was the wrong thing to do. I just think comparing murder and removing citizenship is not a great comparison. If anybody made light of anything it was the person I was responding to. Israel has murdered journalists in Gaza. That would be the better comparison to Iran's actions. I don't think Israel removing citizenship has an equal comparison with anything Iran has done.
- pvaldes 18d ago
  How many Journalists were killed by Israel in Gaza in the last years?
  - ImJamal 17d ago
    Quite a few. If that was the comparison I wouldn't have mentioned anything because it would be a similar thing. Comparing murder with removing citizenship is not the same thing. Israel murdering journalists is, but not related to the conversation.
- dfgknionio 18d ago
  https://apnews.com/article/gaza-war-palestinian-journalists-killed-b90811972b16155618e811d7d7b4e171 https://apnews.com/article/gaza-war-palestinian-journalists-...
  - ImJamal 17d ago
    Thanks for giving me an article of something I know about and think is terrible. That unfortunately wasn't the comparison and if it was I wouldn't have made my comment. The comparison was with removing citizenship.

ImJamal 18d ago

I'm not defending Israel as the minister is clearly wrong here, but surely silencing critics by killing them (what Iran is accused of) is quite a bit more severe than removing citizenship?

datsci_est_2015 18d ago
Funniest comment I’ve read all day, thanks. Never seen someone make light of a government rendering someone stateless. Especially rich in the context of an apartheid state.
- ImJamal 18d ago
  Are you saying your own comment is funniest your read all day? If not then I am quite confused because I never made light of anything and made it clear that it was the wrong thing to do. I just think comparing murder and removing citizenship is not a great comparison. If anybody made light of anything it was the person I was responding to. Israel has murdered journalists in Gaza. That would be the better comparison to Iran's actions. I don't think Israel removing citizenship has an equal comparison with anything Iran has done.
pvaldes 18d ago
How many Journalists were killed by Israel in Gaza in the last years?
- ImJamal 17d ago
  Quite a few. If that was the comparison I wouldn't have mentioned anything because it would be a similar thing. Comparing murder with removing citizenship is not the same thing. Israel murdering journalists is, but not related to the conversation.
dfgknionio 18d ago
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-war-palestinian-journalists-killed-b90811972b16155618e811d7d7b4e171 https://apnews.com/article/gaza-war-palestinian-journalists-...
- ImJamal 17d ago
  Thanks for giving me an article of something I know about and think is terrible. That unfortunately wasn't the comparison and if it was I wouldn't have made my comment. The comparison was with removing citizenship.