[thefucnjosh]

When did the Ayatollah advocate for the abolition of his own government?

[used_noise]

Well, 1978, although I am not saying I agree with the equivalence.

[mech422]

That ayatollah died in 1989...

'ayatollah' is a title, not a name...

[used_noise]

Right, the person who now has that title was involved in the revolution, but thank you for sharing, maybe that is a new fact to someone.

[mech422]

my bad, I thought khomeini was the one being referenced. I guess it should be more specific, given how many have the title ?

[used_noise]

No worries, I agree it is less clear than it could be, given the shift in time between question and answer.

[Meekro]

According to Twitter's public statement, Trump's rule violation was incitement of violence, not "advocating for the abolition of his own government."

The Ayatollah has repeatedly tweeted in support of the violent destruction of the state of Israel. If that's not incitement of violence, I don't know what is.

[taurath]

Reminder that trump did and said the same things for a long time. It’s only once the mob actually showed up that they banned him. If the ayatollah was saying “go here and destroy this building” and it got done then they’d ban him based on this precedent

It’s also a funny argument to me because you have people comparing trump to the ayatollah and mao and thinking it helps their case.

[notmenope]

While private businesses, homes, and police precincts were burning, many politicians were promoting more rioting and reminding us that "rioting is the voice of the unheard."

[dang]

Creating accounts for political flamewar isn't ok here. Please stop creating accounts to break the site guidelines with.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html