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[–] karika 67 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Mr_Dr_Oink 65 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Diplomjodler3 25 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Not to mention that if you're running a country, someone is going insult you.

Making everyone happy is an impossible ask, so if you can't settle for the majority being content, and probably not even being that vocal about it, then you should not be governing.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] FlyingSquid 6 points 2 months ago
[–] aeronmelon 3 points 2 months ago

“All hands, brace for impact!”

[–] sircac 7 points 2 months ago
[–] xantoxis 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So, the article doesn't say.

What the hell did the dot mean?

[–] partial_accumen 85 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 76 points 2 months ago

lmao Khamenei got mad because he was ratio'd by a single dot.

[–] Lost_My_Mind 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When he gets out, he should tweet "!"

[–] Jimmycakes 31 points 2 months ago

Bro he's not getting out They will probably kill him in there

[–] Arbiter 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Absolutely nothing, that was the point.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah. Russia did the same to protesters who held blank signs after the invasion of Ukraine.

[–] Arbiter 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, the idea is the words are illegal to say but by saying nothing you know what they are protesting.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

the problem with this is, you can arrest anyone, claiming they protested by doing nothing

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Yea, well. I don't think it's contrary to the politics of the regime.

[–] Xeroxchasechase 5 points 2 months ago

No, that was the dot.

[–] toofpic 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I mean, if you don't suppress political opposition and people aren't happy with you, that's a real threat to you continuing to have political power.

They don't just do this on a whim.

[–] lemmylommy 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Roflmasterbigpimp 2 points 2 months ago

Staatsschutz und BKA sind Unterwegs

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Believe it or not, straight to jail

[–] filister 1 points 2 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.