https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/02/18/698461/US-antiwar-rally-washington

  • Sephitard9001 [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I mean, I know they're operating in bad faith, but this is logically sound. They're protesting their government for actions they can control. Why would they be protesting in Washington for Russia to end the war?

    • BynarsAreOk [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      People around the world rightfully protested against the Iraq war, you can argue both ways.

        • BynarsAreOk [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          "Largely" is putting heavy work here, in the UK for example there was the Stop the war coalition. Remember your history. people actualy protested asking the US to move out of Iraq not just for their tax bucks to stop flowing to the war effort.

      • combat_brandonism [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        those people weren't living in the seat of global imperial power, which is arming the fascists on the other side of the conflict

        y'all need to read some god damn lenin what the fuck are these liberal takes getting upvotes for here

        • BynarsAreOk [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          What the fuck are you people even talking about?

          Like read a god damn wiki before briging your witty takes instead? Iraq war protests Feb 2003

          Not exhaustive list of cities major cities: Berlin, London, Paris, Madrid, Lisbon, Syndey.

          Clearly Germany, UK, France, Spain, Portugal, Australia are not in the seat of the global imperialist center rofl.

          I wasn't even argueing in favor of protesting, just the fact there is no "logic" that says you can only protest shit your own government is doing. The war was lead by the US. Only the US had the power to stop the war.

      • World_Wario_II [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Iraq War was an act of imperialist aggression. The Ukraine conflict is defense against imperialist aggression. It’s fine for those outside an empire to protest an empire attacking others. It’s not OK for those within the empire to rally their own empire to support the war narratives of their own core

        • BynarsAreOk [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          Sure. I was only arguing against the logic you can only protest shit your own government is doing. That is clearly no logic at all.