You are absolutely correct. When it comes to regime change, the progressives are hard to distinguish from the neocons. Look at AOC asking the Trump administration to do more about the poor oppressed rioters in Iran. AOC is no less of an opportunist than Tulsi.
I saw JK Rowling on X ranting about oppressed veiled women in Iran. Her ‘we know better than they do’ arrogant mindset with the underlying assumption all Iranians need to be rescued stinks of white saviour neo-colonialism. Great article Ricky! Thank you!🙏🏼
It's so boring isn't it? The backhanded white saviour nonsense is getting so ridiculous. “Let me help these poor oppressed savages find democracy and Jesus.”
Trump calling for the senseless killing of protesters to stop is darkly hilarious right now…
The US has never sanctioned or even complained about France or other countries banning the hijab, or the burkini, which also restricts what women are allowed to wear. It’s transparently not about women’s rights, it’s about fomenting hatred of Muslims to “justify” profit-driven war.
Right on point, Ricky. Frankly, I've been shocked to witness Amy Goodman on Democracy Now ventriloquize the claim that the rioters in Iran are spontaneous protesters against Iranian sovereignty over its own country (which is really what the rioters are rioting for, right? Not for democracy, as is claimed, but for what the result actually would be – the end of Iranian sovereignty).
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Fox News, I get. But Amy Goodman on DM?! WTF?!
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It's patently obvious that these are Mossad coordinated fifth columnist incursions into Iran. Also, Amy Goodman wrongly reports that it the large number of Iranian deaths are being inflicted primarily by the Iranian authorities when we have enough credible sources reporting that the Mossad controlled rioters are causing large numbers of deaths and much property destruction.
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The burning of the Mosques is the giveaway. There is no way that regular Iranians are doing. In my own birthland, Ireland, people got pretty mad at the Catholic Church over the last several decades, for its wrong doings. Many Irish people left the Catholic Church as a consequence.
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Not one Catholic Church, however, was ever torched. It just doesn't happen. Ditto in Iran today. Those are not regular Iranian citizens torching the Mosques. Would Mossad torch the Mosques, though? They do everywhere else, don't they? Their fingerprints are all over this.
Amy Goodman did the EXACT same thing regarding the Assad govt. during the decade long sabotaging of Syria, including praising the "White Helmets" if I remember correctly.
I am no enthusiast for othering people - "regime change liberal" is a tedious caricature. Nonetheless - there are some truths here. Iran is not a simple society, and the demise of the Shah was a legitimate expression of popular will. Moreover, the situation of women is not straightforward. More women than men go to university in Iran now, and there is an awesome tradition of female science and mathematics. The hijab is a bit of an absurd symbol- most women in Europe wore headscarves in the early C20. Nor does it make any sense to restore a medieval monarchy. The regime does have a lot to answer for, despite the pressure from Israel and the US it has endured. The mullahs need to get out of politics. But this is a matter for the Iranian people. Stop bombing them.
I think "Liberal" is a term that has been used to describe almost every kind of politics. The core meaning has perhaps something to do with resistance to autocracy, but who knows? Moreover, there are some regimes that really need to be changed, and which the subject population has no chance- I think of Pol Pot. I agree with you that Iran is not such a case. The future of the middle east is where the people are: Egypt, Iran, and Turkey, to name a few. They all have lousy governments just now, but they need to find their own ways.
Unfortunately the overwhelming majority of people are still plugged into the system, and everyone who's plugged into the system is a potential yes-sir moron (gender neutral).
Also, keep in mind "conservatives" is a big tent and it includes many liberal ideologies.
So it's not surprising to see people hooked on propaganda spew nonsense like war is peace and think it makes sense.
“The US has committed or attempted regime change around the world, but never more frequently than in Latin America. Almost every country in Central and South America has suffered via US regime change. Even recently the CIA has been extra busy attempting to turn over Venezuela into US hands. Cuba has endured imperialism over the years, only finally to end up staying socialist via revolution against corruption from US corporate interests. The US assassinates, or attempts to assassinate, leaders that don’t kiss US corporate ass. It has nothing to do with socialism, per se, but everything to do with US corporate money interests… but you can never tell a colonial power that they don’t own what they’ve stolen.”
Thank you, this is extremely important. I am an American and all you say is absolutely true. The CIA/Mossad are behind the violence and the agitators who are in the thick of the protestors who only want economic relief. Years of US/Israeli sanctions and tariffs on Iran are the cause of the economic distress Iranians are feeling. It is how the US/Israel operates. Sanction and tariffs weaken the economy causing immense distress, weakening the population, economically, physically, mentally. When the population responds in the form of protests, US/Israel sends in CIA/ MOSSAD and paid foreign or even poor Iranians to create chaos and havoc, violently if necessary. And finally US/Israel telling Iranians we are coming into help you, take care of you, give you a better life. Regime change, US/Israel steals all your wealth and riches, oil, minerals, water, and you are worse off than before and under their thumb. It's US/Israel Foreign Policy.
You are absolutely correct. When it comes to regime change, the progressives are hard to distinguish from the neocons. Look at AOC asking the Trump administration to do more about the poor oppressed rioters in Iran. AOC is no less of an opportunist than Tulsi.
Two of a kind, only different uniforms.
The propaganda is so thick...it amazes me how many fall for it.
I saw JK Rowling on X ranting about oppressed veiled women in Iran. Her ‘we know better than they do’ arrogant mindset with the underlying assumption all Iranians need to be rescued stinks of white saviour neo-colonialism. Great article Ricky! Thank you!🙏🏼
It's so boring isn't it? The backhanded white saviour nonsense is getting so ridiculous. “Let me help these poor oppressed savages find democracy and Jesus.”
Just bringing out her inner Helen Mirren.
How "Imperial Feminism" is Used to Justify War:
youtube.com/watch?v=tTAM4Pw2VJQ
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BTW The godmother of bourgeois liberal feminism, Gloria Steinem, was a CIA agent:
youtu.be/O1sJ2uZ4aaQ?t=208
Years later, she somberly stated they did positive things.
For her personally, maybe
I'd bet on it.
Trump calling for the senseless killing of protesters to stop is darkly hilarious right now…
The US has never sanctioned or even complained about France or other countries banning the hijab, or the burkini, which also restricts what women are allowed to wear. It’s transparently not about women’s rights, it’s about fomenting hatred of Muslims to “justify” profit-driven war.
Yes, it is hilarious in a sick, dystopian way.
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Right on point, Ricky. Frankly, I've been shocked to witness Amy Goodman on Democracy Now ventriloquize the claim that the rioters in Iran are spontaneous protesters against Iranian sovereignty over its own country (which is really what the rioters are rioting for, right? Not for democracy, as is claimed, but for what the result actually would be – the end of Iranian sovereignty).
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Fox News, I get. But Amy Goodman on DM?! WTF?!
.
It's patently obvious that these are Mossad coordinated fifth columnist incursions into Iran. Also, Amy Goodman wrongly reports that it the large number of Iranian deaths are being inflicted primarily by the Iranian authorities when we have enough credible sources reporting that the Mossad controlled rioters are causing large numbers of deaths and much property destruction.
.
The burning of the Mosques is the giveaway. There is no way that regular Iranians are doing. In my own birthland, Ireland, people got pretty mad at the Catholic Church over the last several decades, for its wrong doings. Many Irish people left the Catholic Church as a consequence.
.
Not one Catholic Church, however, was ever torched. It just doesn't happen. Ditto in Iran today. Those are not regular Iranian citizens torching the Mosques. Would Mossad torch the Mosques, though? They do everywhere else, don't they? Their fingerprints are all over this.
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Amy Goodman did the EXACT same thing regarding the Assad govt. during the decade long sabotaging of Syria, including praising the "White Helmets" if I remember correctly.
I am no enthusiast for othering people - "regime change liberal" is a tedious caricature. Nonetheless - there are some truths here. Iran is not a simple society, and the demise of the Shah was a legitimate expression of popular will. Moreover, the situation of women is not straightforward. More women than men go to university in Iran now, and there is an awesome tradition of female science and mathematics. The hijab is a bit of an absurd symbol- most women in Europe wore headscarves in the early C20. Nor does it make any sense to restore a medieval monarchy. The regime does have a lot to answer for, despite the pressure from Israel and the US it has endured. The mullahs need to get out of politics. But this is a matter for the Iranian people. Stop bombing them.
how else should I identify a liberal that supports regime change and distinguish them from one that doesn't?
I think "Liberal" is a term that has been used to describe almost every kind of politics. The core meaning has perhaps something to do with resistance to autocracy, but who knows? Moreover, there are some regimes that really need to be changed, and which the subject population has no chance- I think of Pol Pot. I agree with you that Iran is not such a case. The future of the middle east is where the people are: Egypt, Iran, and Turkey, to name a few. They all have lousy governments just now, but they need to find their own ways.
You bet that feminist bitch doesn’t care about the woman murdered in Minneapolis
Please don't write "problematic" when you mean "contemptible".
Liberals did more to foment Hitlers rise to power than any other demographic... And here we are in Nazi Germany 2.0. Same libs different day
I waited an hour or more for a code. The hell with commenting on this website.
Unfortunately the overwhelming majority of people are still plugged into the system, and everyone who's plugged into the system is a potential yes-sir moron (gender neutral).
Also, keep in mind "conservatives" is a big tent and it includes many liberal ideologies.
So it's not surprising to see people hooked on propaganda spew nonsense like war is peace and think it makes sense.
“The US has committed or attempted regime change around the world, but never more frequently than in Latin America. Almost every country in Central and South America has suffered via US regime change. Even recently the CIA has been extra busy attempting to turn over Venezuela into US hands. Cuba has endured imperialism over the years, only finally to end up staying socialist via revolution against corruption from US corporate interests. The US assassinates, or attempts to assassinate, leaders that don’t kiss US corporate ass. It has nothing to do with socialism, per se, but everything to do with US corporate money interests… but you can never tell a colonial power that they don’t own what they’ve stolen.”
https://griobhtha1.substack.com/p/x-rubicon-lies-and-damned-lies
Thank you, this is extremely important. I am an American and all you say is absolutely true. The CIA/Mossad are behind the violence and the agitators who are in the thick of the protestors who only want economic relief. Years of US/Israeli sanctions and tariffs on Iran are the cause of the economic distress Iranians are feeling. It is how the US/Israel operates. Sanction and tariffs weaken the economy causing immense distress, weakening the population, economically, physically, mentally. When the population responds in the form of protests, US/Israel sends in CIA/ MOSSAD and paid foreign or even poor Iranians to create chaos and havoc, violently if necessary. And finally US/Israel telling Iranians we are coming into help you, take care of you, give you a better life. Regime change, US/Israel steals all your wealth and riches, oil, minerals, water, and you are worse off than before and under their thumb. It's US/Israel Foreign Policy.
To the few who cause most of the world problems - Karma is a bitch (no offence) and they will get their one day.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTbEvKrjPhV/?igsh=MWpyczk0OXJoZWwxdg==