[hartator]

> That 30k number came from the same source the WMDs did - paid informants who knew exactly what they were being paid to deliver.

The Iran official number was still 3,117.

It’s not that crazy to think the number is closer to 30k than to this.

[pydry]

Many of whom were cops.

Trump and Israel are not backing nonviolent protestors in Iran. Theyre hell bent on provoking a civil war and are quite open about it.

Plenty of video of evidence of protestor violence if you care to look.

Meanwhile team genocide are trying to run a guilt trip on the rest of us

Because we care less about a crackdown on protestors by another government than we do a fully fledged genocide aided and abetted by our own.

[woodruffw]

Why would you feel guilty for the actions of Iran’s government? That doesn’t seem like the appropriate reaction, even if you’re directionally “pro” Iran because they’re directionally opposed to Israel.

(Ultranationalist/reactionary states like Iran and Israel love this kind of absolute framing, because it allows the state to ratchet, rather than de-escalate, cycles of violence.)

[pydry]

The guilt trip is aimed by people who support the genocide at meek liberals who might be worried that they're not demonstrating "equal" concern about Iran.

It was the same shit back when they used to accuse meek liberals of being antisemitic for criticizing some of the most extreme racists on planet earth.

It doesnt matter how Iran frames things. This isnt a "both sides" issue. Youll only get iran's opinion if you read presstv, they dont flood english speaking forums.

[woodruffw]

I don't know what equal concern means, per se. It seems normal for people to express more or less concern about individual tragedies based on their background, etc. This is distinct from being unable to acknowledge that any given action is bad, which would be the territory of an ideologue.

(I get Iran's opinion because I have Iranian friends.)