A bombshell new report from CBS News suggests that the Iranian Government has murdered between 12,000 and 20,000 protesters since the ongoing, national revolt against it began.
“Information trickling out of Iran on Tuesday suggests that a crackdown by authorities to end more than two weeks of widespread anti-government protests has likely been far more deadly than activists outside the country have reported,”
Jesus, I wish there was some kind of standard for freedom of speech and freedom of the press that could be applied globally…
But that would be inherently “evil” because global governments are supposed to be bad? Unless it’s corporate globalism. Then it’s ok, and we don’t need standards or regulations because the values are just baked in and because it’s a private company…?
Not trying to downplay Iran murdering so many citizens or give Trump brownie points just because he’s pointing at the guy he’s got a lot of catching up to do with before they can be compared on who is more justified in how they crack down on their critics and the press.
Let’s focus on the guy in Iran bc Trump’s mad at him, not the guy in Saudi Arabia bc we’re frenz now… And maybe not the guy in Russia? Because I can’t even keep up with what we’re all supposed to believe re: Trump, Putin, and oil right now.
Tldr: Authoritarian dictators all suck no matter who they are, where they are, or how many innocent people they’ve murdered (so far)