Oh no: I am not staying away from REALITY. This is not a metaphor, this is just plain facts: they are being treated like that exactly because they share a trait at birth. In this case being Iranian. In the past, being Jew.
This is exactly where reality meets history. And not as a metaphor.
Please don't up the flamewar ante like this. It doesn't help—it just destroys the discussion, at which point no information is being exchanged and no minds or hearts will ever change.
Please don't take HN threads further into ideological battle, regardless of how right you are or feel you are. It's not what this site is for—and it destroys what it is for.
This is exactly where reality meets history. And not as a metaphor.