• ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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    How much you bet that the moment they get a pro-American Islamist regime, suddenly no one will have problem with Islamism.

  • abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    I mean Trump supporters hate the American way of life too:

    • They hate freedom of religion (everyone must be ACE Christian of a very specific kind).
    • They hate freedom of speech (you aren’t allowed to be critical of Trump or the country or aspects of history).
    • They hate that women can vote (constantly hear them call for the removal of women’s suffrage because they vote Democrats). In fact they hate women in general.
    • They hate minorites, especially when they’re doing well.
    • They hate freedom of the press (book bans, calls to censor journalists and writers).
    • They hate electronic freedom (constant calls to censor websites and communications).

    To them, the American way of life should be akin to the Iranian way of life, except instead of a form of ultra conservative Shia Islam and a personality cult around the Ayatollah, it’s a form of Ultra Conservative Evangelical American Christianity, a form of absolute pseudo-monarchy based around Trump and his family, nationalism wherein the founding fathers are Demi Gods, and a landscape where one very specific form of white American culture is the only culture allowed.

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    American leadership - they hate our freedom

    Americans - wonder if I can afford food this month

    Also, what western imperialism? Its literally only USA acting like this.

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      Most “western” countries have been acting like this in the past century and are still to this moment reaping the benefits from colonial and imperialist plunder of the global south. It’s not just the USA, even though it is the most damaging.

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    Maybe if we quit blowing them up every chance we get they wouldn’t hate us as much. Think how much aid we could provide for the same amount of money we’re spending to bomb them.

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    Lol western countries are the ones who supported putting extreme islamists in power in the first place, creating a hotspot for terrorists and making life worse for the normal folks living in those regions.

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      Which country(s) are you talking about? In n the case of Iran, the western meddling installed the Shah who was a secular force, overthrown by the extreme Islamists.

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      Oh I’m absolutely aware. The irony would be palatable, if it were not done 100% by design in order to to do just that. 😢

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    People will always be judged by the actions of thier government. Just listen to how everyone talks to each other online. No matter what you preach, you’ll always be “the west” or “the east”.

    The real issue is ******** but you can’t talk about that