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Don’t get me wrong, like the US, I don’t want to lump the civilian populations trying to survive with the govt. I think the article is trying to highlight, and to my point, that without stability from their leaders, they are seeing the humanity return in the vacuum of a stable and supportive govt. I agree that media here and abroad like to show their bias and seem to have a objective. It just feels like a lot of the internet and social media is aimed at division and dehumanization. In the absence of this global networked interconnectedness, the Iranian people are finding a joint purpose and reconnecting with their neighbors. They are doing what humans are known for doing across time, freely opening their homes and showing the kindness and unification needed when faced with an existential threat.

I don’t think we’d see something like that here while the internet and rage propaganda still runs!

They’re definitely asses, you got that right!

Stuff lasting that long? Capitalism will never allow it!

The war has “softened the divisions we had, both among each other and with the general public,” Mr. Abtahi said.

Israel’s attacks have set off a resurgence of nationalism among many Iranians, inside and outside the country, including many critical of the government. That sense of common cause has emerged in a torrent of social media posts and statements by prominent human rights and political activists, physicians, national athletes, artists and celebrities. “Like family, we may not always agree but Iran’s soil is our red line,” wrote Saeid Ezzatollahi, a player with Iran’s national soccer squad, Team Melli, on social media.

Hotels, guesthouses and wedding halls have opened their doors free of charge to shelter displaced people fleeing Tehran, according to Iranian news media and videos on social media. Psychologists are offering free virtual therapy sessions in posts on their social media pages. Supermarkets are giving discounts, and at bakeries, customers are limiting their own purchases of fresh bread to one loaf so that everyone standing in line can have bread, according to videos shared on social media. Volunteers are offering services, like running errands to checking on disabled and older residents.

“We are seeing a beautiful unity among our people,” said Reza, 42, a businessman, in a telephone interview near the Caspian Sea, where he is taking shelter with his family. Using only one name to avoid scrutiny by the government, he added: “It’s hard to explain the mood. We are scared, but we are also giving each other solidarity, love and kindness. We are in it together. This is an attack on our country, on Iran.”

Narges Mohammadi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the country’s most prominent human rights activist, has spent decades in and out jail, pushing for democratic change in Iran. But even she warned against the attacks on her country, telling the BBC this past week that “Democracy cannot come through violence and war.”

Turning off the internet seems to be what is required to bring back human empathy, as evident. Without widespread disinformation and propaganda, the people of Iran are unifying around a common cause, helping each other. Meanwhile, every counterattack on Israel seems to be further erroding Netenyahu’s favorability. Israel’s government may have overplayed their hand by bringing death and destruction to the civilian population that otherwise didn’t seem to feel the full weight of the government’s genocide in Gaza.

Why they would choose now to punch an enemy with the means to punch back, is baffling!

Preposterous. Everyone knows there’s no risk of hurricanes if you get rid of the agency that tracks them and the data about their intensity!

We have the best person in charge. No one has the sharpie skills tRump does!

Doubt all their guns and underground bunkers will save them from fire or hurricanes!

The ol’ Operation: Get Behind The Darkies IRL!

It was Austria. Autocorrect?

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I’m a firm believer that many in MAGA are under a spell. The only hope we have is helping them identify that brainwashing and welcome them back to humanity once they do. However, as I’ve discussed with my therapist, we can’t force them. They have to want to change. It really starts with pushing them from the hateful rhetoric of Faux News and the like. That propaganda is a powerful funnel for their hate, vitriol, and lies. It’s the hydra that we must slain if we are ever to fix this without more bloodshed.

I’ll see you out there in solidarity with the others who still see humanity as a fighting cause. I bounce between hope and despair, but the bounce on the hope side doesn’t seem to go as high as it used to.

I appreciate the sentiment. I joined the Guard out of high school in 2004 to help my community and have a sense of purpose. Yesterday showed me that maybe it wasn’t in vain. I hit a pretty low place this week so seeing some positive affirmations of human commradery was a welcomed sight.

Stay safe and stay hydrated. Much love from the midwest!

To be fair, there was evidence of voter disenfranchisement and voting abnormalities that seem too widespread to ignore. Check out the Election Truth Alliance and see for yourself. This isn’t conspiracy shit. The numbers don’t lie.

I attended my first protest yesterday, alone, while my wife watched my boy play at a park. Minus a couple of neckbeards in raised trucks sporting Confederate and tRump flags, it was a great experience. Lots of support from drivers as they passed by!

I was surprised at how many older people were there. No offense to anyone over 60 here, but until yesterday it felt like many older folks were fine with shit going down this way. I’m in a blue state, in a purple to blue location. I saw way more tRump shit last year than I had hoped to see.

I plan on making yesterday a regular event!

I will admit, sadly, the current propaganda machines have poisoned the minds of so many servicemen. The popularity of tRump within their ranks is higher than I would like to see, given the blatant demegogory displayed by him at every turn. Still, I hold out hope we see good triumph over evil when this all inevitably goes tits up.

What I wouldn’t give to be anywhere else than the states nowadays! I feel like just the headlines take a day off my life, anymore.

I’d like to hope you’re not wrong. When I was in, honor, integrity, and empathy were tenants put above duty to any one person. I’ve seen a lot of this anti-soldier sentiment coming in the wake of the CNG being deployed to LA. As far as I have seen, there have been no instances of the California National Guard acting out of line according to the UCMJ. I don’t expect all of the men and women, currently serving, to honor their oath as this country has been fed a steady stream of hateful and vitriolic propaganda from all forms of available media, mainstream and social. However, I have to believe those who commit atrocities will be the minority, not the majority.

Let’s hope there are vets in the crowd to remind them that their oath is to a principal and not a “man.”

It’s easy to sit in a computer chair and cast a wide net of indignation across an entire band of people from all manners of background and culture. If you’ve never served, then you’re just a puppet for whatever the media has fed you. If you’re in the US, the same people you’re shitting all over may be the only thing that stands between you and LEOs that would love nothing more than to get another gun to aim your way.

Everyone. Is. Capable. Of. Evil. You are not immune to propaganda.