• karika@lemmy.worldEnglish
    46·
    3 months ago

    By punishing Hossein Shanbehzadeh for making a point, they acknowledged he had a point

  • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    3 months ago

    Bunch of fucking fragile babies! Doesn’t matter where it is in the world, the leaders are always 1 step away from a tantrum. Fucking grow up. You are supposed to be running the country not crying because someone insulted you.

    • Diplomjodler@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      3 months ago

      They reign through terror. This is not some tantrum, this is intimidation. By applying very disproportionate punishments they’re sending the message that resistance is dangerous.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      541·
      3 months ago

      I got an answer from the article. Essentially this guy was a known critic of the government already having spent time in prison for very direct criticisms. So he posted a dot. A completely benign post and then the following occurred:

      “[he] posted a single dot in reply to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s tweet, and that comment was liked far more than Khamenei’s original tweet”

      …and…

      “Iran watchers say the leadership has felt insecure about the high level of dissent in the country for a while”

      So a known critic did the thing you do to your old sibling where you put your finger an inch away from them and say “What? I’m not touching you. I’m not touching you!” and then your sibling is tired of your shit and smacks you very hard.

  • toofpic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    3 months ago

    Damn, in Russia people were arrested for posting/demonstrating "no to ***”, but a single dot is a new level!

    • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      the russians also arrested some just holding up a blank white sheet of cardboard. i think it was in an area where protests are forbidden in general though. however, how does the absence of a message qualify as a protest.

      • OwlPaste@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        In the same way and any dicktators need to keep stroking their dicks to feel good. No reason needed

  • filister@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    Authoritarian governments are the worst. Where any sign of dissent is severely punished by the ruling party.

    I remember in my country back in the days, the government was spying on its own people, where ordinary people were snooping on their neighbours and reporting at the authority and people were put into correction camps and prisons for simply telling a political joke.