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[–] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

I'm usually those users lol, but Iran's protests just seem like the result of a conservative society with unaccountable cops, rather than the color revolution some are calling it

[–] Commander_Data@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Yeah, the young woman who died was Kurdish, the protests started in Kurdistan, and the Kurds will happily revolt against the Ayatollah without any help from the CIA. Frankly, the hexbear line that any antipathy towards a regime unfriendly to the US must be due to outside influence is pretty dismissive of the agency of oppressed people.

[–] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

True there's a tendency to oversimplify overseas domestic conflict, and also that exact line, about the denying the agency of chosen dissenters has been specifically weaponized to give cover for regime change ops, most recently, to my recollection, in Bolivia and Cuba. You're still correct imo in this case

[–] AssadCurse@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

How are they correct in a case that’s literally made up? Video evidence shows she collapses due to a medical reason and there was no evidence of police brutality.

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