The move appeared to be a concession to the protest movement that erupted after the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who was being held by the morality police for supposedly violating Islamic dress rules.
Yeah I dont want it to seem like I'm trying to endorse the actions of the Iranian government, I'm just used to protests here being coopted and neutered before they can get real results.
These protesters risked a lot more and went a lot harder than any western protesters in recent memory, due to how much higher they feel the stakes are compared to Western activists and how much more community solidarity they have with each other.
Almost every protest anywhere not in the West goes harder because there's US government people pushing them to literally get themselves killed as a propaganda tool for the West, or generally in service to overthrowing the government. There a video interview with a protest leader from the 1980s Tienanmen Square protest who was on US payroll who basically admitted as much. And people can get away with more in other countries because they don't have the same degree of control that the US government has in the US.
Don't think you gotta hand it to em considering the amount of people that have been killed so far.
Yeah I dont want it to seem like I'm trying to endorse the actions of the Iranian government, I'm just used to protests here being coopted and neutered before they can get real results.
The tiktok videos of protesters making improvised weapons like flamethrowers in their backyards probably played a role in this decision.
Remember kids, morality police are flammable.
probably also why people died in the protests...
These protesters risked a lot more and went a lot harder than any western protesters in recent memory, due to how much higher they feel the stakes are compared to Western activists and how much more community solidarity they have with each other.
Almost every protest anywhere not in the West goes harder because there's US government people pushing them to literally get themselves killed as a propaganda tool for the West, or generally in service to overthrowing the government. There a video interview with a protest leader from the 1980s Tienanmen Square protest who was on US payroll who basically admitted as much. And people can get away with more in other countries because they don't have the same degree of control that the US government has in the US.
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