alt Hacker News> because they see Mullah’s regime as one of their biggest allies when it comes to attack West/Israel/Free market
you are looking it differently, I disagree, I am one of those who supported Palestine.
Reason we are silent, because our governments already did what's needed from our side: heavily sanctioned the Iran, if I go and protest, what do I ask? To sanction Iran? They would laugh at me. Obviously, I am not going to protest and ask our government to go to war with Iran, which kills even more people.
Why is it different for Israel? Because our government supported it, we didn't sanction them, that was what we were asking for, while brutality was even higher than Iranian regime.
Not trying to downplay casualties, but just looking at relative numbers and methods, I don't see Iran bombing own people or killing 10% of its own population
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> if I go and protest, what do I ask? To sanction Iran? They would laugh at me.
That's a very weird take I see repeated over and over again
You don't protest only to get your government to do something, the protests against Israel expectedly did not meaningfully change US relations with Israel yet you still presumably went out
you can express solidarity with Iranians, you can protest the massacre, or just make people be aware there are thousands dying
Not to whataboutism this, but I've barely heard pro-Palestinian crowd talk about the stuff Syria did to the Druze, the Alawites, and now to the Kurds.
Multiple of my friends on Instagram still post daily about the atrocities in Gaza, but haven't posted anything about the atrocities in Aleppo or Kobane. Nor did they post anything when the STG was massacring the Alawites or the Druze last year.
So I find it hard to believe that it's about the sanctions or whatnot.