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The U.S. Homicide Rate is 60% Higher than Iran’s; Yet The U.S. Calls Iran“Barbaric” (hrnews1.substack.com)
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[–] 32 points 5 months ago (1 child)

It's theocracy that's barbaric. Republicans would have the US reshaped into a Christian version of Iran's government with Trump as the Supreme Leader.

The homicide rate can never measure up to a government that oppresses its own people.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    US is a very barbaric society. low education, no healthcare, daily mass shootings are so common they are no longer in the news...

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    it's not a race to the bottom.

    and with the US, you don't need a hat, the color of your skin if reason enough for the state to kidnap/kill you.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I'm calling the game you're playing barbaric

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    extra, "Barbarian" was a roman term to make fun of people by the way of their language. Pardon my example, but that's the same as calling Asia "Chingchong". it was racist as fuck back in the Roman times, but because we forgot that meaning, so we still use it. and somehow the modern meaning of "Uncivilized violent dirty people's" is even more racist than the Roman usage.

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    Who was killed for not wearing a hat? When was that?

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    This woman died of police brutality, this happens a lot in the us, here is a list for January of this year.

    Add to that all the mysterious deaths, like this one, or the people dying in ICE custody

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    I am saying that cops are bastards, no matter where. It doesn't matter if they arrest you for not wearing a hijab, or for looking like a Mexican.

    Every country has their share of police brutality, it just gets worse in autocratic governments. But demonizing Iranians as barbarians will not contribute to the solution of the problem, and only feed the racism towards people of middle eastern heritage.

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    • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/substack-extremism-nazi-white-supremacy-newsletters/676156/

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/substacks-nazi-problem-wont-go-away-after-push-notification-apology/

    https://gizmodo.com/substack-sends-push-alert-for-nazi-newsletter-2000636663

    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters

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    [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    Iran kills innocent people not charged with crimes including simply pushing gay men off roofs. Let's not do false equivalencies, here.

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    [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Trump is a performer. He's strings get pulled, and he has no idea what's going on. The thing behind Trump must be dismantled for humanity to survive. The Billionaire class must end. I'm all for just taking their shit. Freeze all assets and take all their money.

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