@geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml banned me from !ManufacturingConsent@lemmy.ml (permanently!) and removed my comment from the post, because I dared to note that there are protests in Iran and shared a link to a crimethinc article with voices from within Iran. They call it “imperialist propaganda” if leftist voices from within Iran are distributed.

My comment:

I get it that the western media narrative is incredibly one-sided, focused on ideological bogeymen and focused on getting the monarch back in power. But I’d like to point out that there is in fact quite massive repression going on against the protestors. Leftist orgs in Iran need international solidarity now.

Their “reasoning”:

reason: Ignoring the post to spam imperialist propaganda

I don’t think that person can be reasoned with if they call crimethinc imperialist propaganda, so I’m not getting my hopes up for them lifting the ban.

I also think that they might be a bit butthurt, because I called out their zionistic worldview (i.e.: that judaism equates zionism) a few days ago.

    • Prunebutt@slrpnk.netOP
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      4 months ago

      You promote imperial propaganda by giving voice to opposition

      What? How is citing lefitist protestors “imperialist propaganda”? Spare me your campist drivel.

      The only reason why you happen to care about Iranian protestors is because of the constant western-manufactured atrocity propaganda

      That’s a lot of assumptions you make about strangers on the internet, homie.

        • Prunebutt@slrpnk.netOP
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          4 months ago

          How does that apply to the crimethinc article?

          Edit:
          So, tell me if I got that right: You maynever criticize an enemy government of the US, or you’d be spreading “imperialist propaganda”. No matter how valid the criticism is. Otherwise, you’re enabling the US to invade.

          … I didn’t know the pentagon listened to randos on lemmy. /s

            • Prunebutt@slrpnk.netOP
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              4 months ago

              but I would bet 100€ that if we go 1 year back on any of your social media, you have never made this criticism before

              You’d lose that bet. as I said: that’s a bunch of assumptions you just *make about strangers on the internet.

              Why now particularly,

              Because there are protests in Iran right now. Read the fucking article, if you want to know “why now”. It wasn’t because I thought "hmm, the US could use another invasion right now.

              Clue: it’s because the imperial propaganda apparatus has decided that discussing the repression in Iran right now is the agenda, as part of a larger atrocity propaganda campaign.

              Yeah, it’s definetly not because of the protests in Iran. Those are completely not happening. /s

                • Prunebutt@slrpnk.netOP
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                  4 months ago

                  You linked a wikipedia article, did you write it yourself?

                  You said that now is the first time I’d be interested in iranian protests. The article describes a time when I showed solidarity for iranian protest movements before.

                  Maybe because the US+EU imposed a sanction regime on Iran that has destroyed the national currency’s exchange value and massively impoverished the vast majority of the population?

                  Yes. The article mentions (and condemns) this, as well. Read the fucking article, you troll.