@[email protected] banned me from [email protected] (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.

  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    13·
    7 months ago

    YDI. Iran is being threatened with imperial violence more than ever. Now is not the time to be promoting imperial propaganda. Nobody cares about your “but akshualllyyy”. Save it for the libs who completely support zionism, colonialism, etc. If the imperial “revolution” succeeds, the leftist groups that you supposedly support will be the first to be attacked like anywhere else.

    • Prunebutt@slrpnk.netOP
      19·
      7 months ago

      Show me where I “promot[ed] imperial propaganda”. Did you read the article which clearly condemns the imperialist actors?

      Edit: also, the comm actually doesn’t have any rules and the instance rules shouldn’t apply, either, afaik.

        • Prunebutt@slrpnk.netOP
          1·
          7 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
              1·
              7 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
                  1·
                  7 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