Yes absolute separation is needed
But
I'm not a believer so don't think like believers
Lashing people is horrific
You can actually go on YouTube and search "Tehran walking tour" or something similar, and like half the women aren't wearing any head covering whatsoever...
I don't know if there are different rules for performers, but I am a bit suspicious. Is the guardian trying to drum up consent for restarting the war? I think some skepticism is warranted.
And before y'all downvote me to oblivion for for being a dictator loving tankie or whatever, remember that the Guardian is British corporate media...the same country where protesting genocide gets you charged as a terrorist. It's not exactly a place where the ruling class has ever given a shit about human rights.
Literally, there's an incredible amount of footage from Iran where the vast majority of women aren't wearing anything of the sort. Do just high profile people get targeted?
It’s common for a lot of authoritarian places to have laws that are selectively enforced. Since the enforcement is rare many people don’t bother following them but if someone bothers someone high up for any reason then breaking the law (that tons of other people break all the time anyway) is an easy excuse for the authorities to come down like a sack of bricks with a pretext ready. Being higher profile makes it more likely that you catch the eye of someone who hates you so it can be safer being some random person too low to notice instead. Though higher profile people also have more people ready to defend them generally so if you do get on someone’s list it’s better to have people in your corner who will make noise and maybe get punishment lessened or called off.
Probably trying to make an example out of her. There has been significant public resistance to the hair covering laws in recent years and the government has made various attempts to bring women back under control. But as with all tyrannical governments, if enough people resist, they simply can't go after everyone.
That's a good point, bit like the UK with social media posts
It's the number one perk of being an authoritarian ruler. Your Authority is absolute and unquestionable. Meaning your hypocrisy is sanctioned and allowed. The rules are only enforced to punish the vulnerable. Whether it's Trump, Putin, Xi Jinping. The rules are flexible if not invisible until the moment you cross leadership. Then they will descend on you feigning morality.
It's worth noting that Tehran (the city) is generally a little more lax than most of the rest of Iran/* ... I'd guess she was singled out because her lack of hair covering could be seen easily from other parts of the country, and they don't want the women there getting ideas
/* Source: I dated a girl from Tehran once, and that's what she told me
People have increasingly challenged the "modest dress" mandates over the past decades, but there used to be a "Guardian Patrol" that would try to enforce modest dress in public spaces. After Mahsa Amini's death the Guardian Patrol was shut down, and there was a massive increase in women skipping head coverings, in particular in larger cities like Tehran and Esfahan.
However, skipping modest dress in media is a different matter. It has become laxer, but not by the same extent. The religious leadership is extra sensitive about modesty in music, so I think the context of "singing for men without head covering" is the signal here.
I'd also mention that there will be a lot of backsliding of these hard-won victories with this war, as ultraconservatives are gaining a lot of power and legitimacy.
This was in qom which seems like a overtly religious backwater
I know before the war started, I read some coverage from the Guardian of the protests in Iran that was leaning pretty hard into some lurid details and leaving out relevant information that didn't suit the narrative.
I agree but I wish people would act this way towards western modesty laws as well.
I'm not going to defend their bs, but let's not pretend that puritanical views on female (reproductive and otherwise) morality aren't killing people in places like the US.
We kill women for having a uterus, not for appearance. Look at the supreme Court's garbage triggering abortion laws across the country. There is a death toll.
We aren't exactly doing great in the west.
My BS? This is exactly what I'm talking about. Western governments need to be shamed too.
In my experience many of the most strident critics of hair coverings refuse to see the similarity to anti-nudity laws, especially nipple covering which is specific to women.
I mean I think the downvotes speak to the fact that the average person is not willing to admit the harms that our own ideas of modesty cause.
A nice little reminder that, even with everything else, Iran is still a shit hole.
That's right. Trump shouldn't have started a war with Iran, but it's still a shithole country.
Imagine being such a shit hole that the world is rooting for Iran.
This mentality exhausts me. If people can stop treating geopolitics like a fucking sports match that would be great. We don't have to root for anyone in a given conflict. We can acknowledge both sides are bad and not matter the outcome it will be bad for common people.
If we ever are able to do this we might actually have some progress. But until then we continue to worship inherently evil states
Imagine being so morally bankrupt, you can't pick a side. It's called critical support. I don't support the actions of the Iranian state, but I support them in their defensive war against the global hegemon.
No, the war was a good idea and the consequences of it proved that.
If Iran had nukes (which it would soon have, thanks to Trump, who in first term closed nuclear dearment agreement with Iran) and the control over Hormuz Strait and Russia as an ally, it could close the strait just because it felt so, which would be way worse than the current situation.
Get fucked, idiot. There's no evidence that iran was actually close to getting nukes. Trump was just a massive cunt in starting a war with Iran.
They had almost 10 years of almost uninterrupted development and 2 nuclear countries as allies.
They must've been close.
The war didn't start over just nukes, but also because of the Iranian people, supporting Israel and not letting Iran control such important geopolitical point as the hormuz strait.
Or at least how I see it.
Oh hey an actual fascist on lemmy.world. I'm so shocked this keeps happening. Reddit is back the way you came, I can promise you weren't banned for your views.
A little reminder that casual racism is alive and well. It's this kind of bullshit that elected the pedoprez. U$A is by far the biggest shithole around.
We dont kill our woman for not wearing head gear. Nor our children when they stand up for our women's right not to wear head gear.
Under any other circumstances you would be right. America is a shithole, I would agree with you.
That fact that you decided to make that point on a comment about a woman getting beaten for not wearing a headscarf, (in a place that jailed and killed thousands for similar, with their secret-god-police) tells me all I need to know about you as a person.
It wasnt that long ago that Mahsa Amini was killed. I will never forget or forgive the well documented violence that Iran perpetrated on its women and it's young and hopeful.
It's a shit hole.
No, you guys just execute people for being black, assuming you don't put them in modern slave camps.
Iran is a shithole. The US is a shithole. I wouldn't throw stones if I lived in a house of glass, but you do you.
Injustice is Injustice and shifting the conversation from one injustice to another is just deflection.
Like a drunk pilot raving about substance abuse issues in the trucking industry at his trial.
The post is about Iran.
The line that sticks with me, always: "You're not wrong, you're just an asshole."
USA definitely is a shithole, but it's not racist to criticise a government... (Pretty obviously implied)
It made a lot of extremely wealthy Americans even wealthier. So we got that going for the world.
None of the nations claiming that as a goal give the tiniest flying fuck about Iranians
תפשת מרובה לא תפשת
It looks like the us definitely bit off more than they can chew if that's what you meant and my translation is accurate.
Intended it more directed at Israel than the US.
Could you elaborate? Despite my username, I had to look up a translation and what I got was "you don't understand a lot". That kinda reads that like pro invasion considering the dude you're responding to had some palpable sarcasm. I'm not accusing you, just letting you know my train of thought.
We gave the Iranian regime extremely powerful leverage on the global stage and galvanized support for the regime domestically, so not great. If there was a possibility of a popular revolt happening in Iran the war definitely killed it. The introduction of a common enemy made a lot of the domestic opposition fall in line to defend their sovereignty, and the ones who didn't were successfully suppressed by the regime with fewer people willing to stand in solidarity with them.
Well, Iran had a democratic government before the U.S. and U.K. orchestrated the coup in 1953 that installed the Shah. The government was led by Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, who was democratically elected and nationalized the oil industry.
I heard this too but what was the justification for deposing that guy and installing the shah.
And?
We are talking about what is now, and not what was before
Ah, but the Americans are only there because of the British. And the British, only because of the Normans.
Or were you hoping to stop history wherever supports this conclusion?
The Normans were long dead and forgotten when the British created the Thirteen Colonies.
The British were dead and forgotten for America in the Korean War. (Circa 1953)
The American society is still heavily influenced by these tactics.
Context weakens the mindless imperialism that most USAians embrace.
Hey, they never said they had a problem with it. They just asked for a connection back to the subject.
Obviously terrible, but how do they end up at 74? Is there a table for number of words sung without a hijab?
checks
Apparently the sharia court gave her the maximum sentence for a single act.
Article 638- Anyone in public places and roads who openly commits a harām (sinful) act, in addition to the punishment provided for the act, shall be sentenced to two months’ imprisonment or up to 74 lashes; and if they commit an act that is not punishable but violates public prudency, they shall only be sentenced to ten days to two months’ imprisonment or up to 74 lashes.
Note- Women, who appear in public places and roads without wearing an Islamic hijab, shall be sentenced to ten days to two months’ imprisonment or a fine of fifty thousand to five hundred Rials.
Wait, am I reading this wrong? Doesn't the note mean that hijab crimes aren't punished with lashing?
I am more curious now, lying is haram too but the regime doesn't punish that with 74 lashes.
I guess it's just an excuse to segregate and oppress at the end of the day but still, feels like some religious people should debate this sentencing.
Isnt that basically an execution by torture? I dont think anyone could survive 74 actual lashes if they do it like other countries with lashings.
They don't whip them like the Americans whipped their slaves.
Yeah they're both bad. One killed 100,000 or more people. Guess which one.
I don't remember the history very well, but I remember that just in January, Iranian regime killed 40 000 of it's people, because they dared to protest.
Couldn't find a graphic depiction of american slavery, huh? But no problem finding one for Iran? Interesting.
Not particularly, you couldn't find a relevant image either (and photography was not common, even after the introduction of glass-plate photography, 160 years ago. Everyone in the modern era carries a camera in their pocket, making images like the above from modern-day Iran much easier to produce.)
Who is "we"? Fuck nationalism. That's the heart of the problem.
I don't really mind when a genocidal empire pays for its crimes.
Holeeee fuck. I mean I know Iranian leadership is intensely conservative and traditional, but shittttttt. Do they actually still give whippings as legal punishment?? This will be enforced and she will actually get lashes like it's 1840s Mississippi??
There was an Iranian football player who spoke out a while back and they basically said, "do that again and we'll kill your family."
Their Lego shit is pretty on point but they're seriously not good dudes.
Imagine being so shitty that the Iranian government are the good guys. Makes you think.
I think it’s pretty easy to say the following actually:
Iran fucking sucks and is ass backwards politically. However, the US is beyond wrong in this conflict and is clearly the problem. The US has it wrong and needs to stop.
The problem is, the first part doesn’t really need to be said since we all know this shit is evil. However, so many people think calling out the US doing war crimes is some open ended support of Irans politics.
How about I support the side that was attacked first with massive terror bombing campaigns against civilian targets that responded with missile attacks that almost entirely focused on military targets.
Seriously. America started the war by double tapping a girls school intentionally. Almost 200 girls between 9-12 were murdered in that terrorist bombing attack.
And I use the word intentionally as even fucking Google maps knew it was a girls school. First strike packages are the most carefully researched and selected targets in any war.
One side committed the war crime of perfidy during negotions, assassinated the pope of the Muslims, and murdered 200 Iranian schoolgirls on the first day. You're not going to pick a side?
It’s impossible to bomb Iran back to the stone age. They’re already there.
U$A tortures thousands of people in solitary confinement, etc.
TBH I would rather take 100 lashes than be locked in a box for decades.
No, they don't whip them like the Americans whipped their slaves. 74 lashes would be unsurvivable with a bull whip, a la Americana
Weird sources. Who has killed more people through whipping?
Edit: funny how the Iranian whipping victim was nsfw, yet you chose a sfw whipping victim from the Americans, despite them whipping hundreds of thousands of people to death.
Amnesty international and CARLI are about as reputable as sources can get.
There are no stats that* answer that, from Iran or the atlantic slave trade.
Unless that link is broken, that image depicts an american whip, not a whipping victim. edit: If you mean why didn't I include photos of an american slavery whipping victim, there are no photographs of slave punishment I could find that have a legible image of the whip, which is the important info here. Photography 160 years ago was not great at capturing motion.
there were approximately 10 million slaves in the US, total. Although I can't find exact numbers, if we go by the reasonable estimates from clrn we can see that between 1 in 20 to 1 in 11 slaves died of the euphemistic "conditions of slavery", so it would be pretty damned impressive for the US to have whipped "hundreds of thousands" of people to death - certainly some were, and even more were simply beaten to death or chained and starved, but please stop making up bullshit about historical tragidies to further your own political narrative.
Studies suggest an excess mortality of 15-20% due to conditions directly related to enslavement. If we apply this mortality rate to the estimated 3-4 million enslaved Africans brought to the Americas, we arrive at an estimated 450,000 to 800,000 deaths.
Where is the graphic depiction of american slavery? Can only find that for Iran?
Photographs weren't exactly common 160 years ago, hence the difficulty.
If you can find an image of american slavery that depicts the whips used in use, I welcome it (well kinda, I'd much prefer a non-graphic image of what's used in Iran, though I couldn't find that either). Otherwise this is the only relevant image I could find.
(edit: spelling)
Apparently you’re trying your very best to defend Iran here with multiple comments under mine. And nowhere have I said people were rooting for women to be lashed, my dear straw man. I said they were rooting for the regime.
Iran has long supported terrorist organizations that have killed many innocent people.
Nobody gets a free pass.
Cool. So Iran supports and donates to Terrorist organizations. That's 100% true.
America straight up skips the middle man and does the terrorism themselves. One of the first targets the USA bombed was an elementary school in Iran. Why fund terrorism when you can just do it yourself?
One of the first targets the USA bombed was an elementary school in Iran.
Do you really think they did that knowingly? It was the greatest single PR loss of the whole war for them. Who knows, could be that that one horrible mistake made them lose the whole thing.
Iranian backed terrorists do the shit they do knowingly for 100% sure.
Even if consequences may be as shitty, intent matters.
People are not rooting for Iran, but more like everyone knows attacking Iran is illegal and distraction from the Epstein file. This made Iran look like a less shitty looking shit.
I think people were rooting against the US/Israeli aggression, not particularly for the Irani regime.
Yeah but OP is similar to those who were against Israel bombing Gaza as being "anti-semetic". If you think Iran shouldn't be invaded by America Illegally, you clearly defend and support the Iranian regime.
Literally single context / single brain cell thinking. Not a complex thought in that head.
Well, you have one commenter under mine already.
But look up the posts about any Irani successes in the war. They’re al like: “way to go Iran, keep it coming!”
So two extremely cherry picked users = the entire Lemmy community?
You don't got a lot going on in that head of yours, eh?
You definitely interpret people wanting the Iranian people to succeed vs the Iranian regime. Good on you for getting the nuance completely correct without a single ounce of error on your part. Terrific job.
This is the regime all these Iran apologists on Lemmy are rooting for
No one is rooting for this regime to succeed. We are rooting for the innocent citizens who were killed by an illegal American invasion and also believe that Iran doesn't deserve to be invaded illegally.
There will be protests and I’m hopeful she won’t actually face punishment.
You can totally be against a regime that tortures it's citizens, and still wish that same country doesn't have it's schools bombed by outside sources.
This is why I've emotionally divested myself from anything involving the middle east. No matter who you support you are supporting evil.
All I care about now is the economy specifically getting that strait opened back up. Right and wrong takes a back seat when nobody is right.
I spent my formative years living in a pretty poor small town that is disaster prone where I woke up in my bedroom being flooded. The adults in the house love watching primetime news and thus at an early age I am exposed to politics and news about murders and so on. It's not that I don't care, I really do because my parents and having been raised Catholic taught me empathy, but the wars and killings (although I'm aware that the rate of homicide is gradually decreasing over the course of human history) has become non-news to me. So I have been made aware early in life that not everything is always roses. There are something's one cannot have control of but i participate in things I could change like with protests, even if it's little. But broadly speaking, I am desensitised of the news on the conflicts in Middle East or Africa. So when the market reacts, I'm like: "how are you guys not used to it?"
- Over 120,000 killed by America in Iraq and estimated over 1 million indirectly dead because of the invasion. An estimated over 200,000 Gazans killed by Israel (much more than the official numbers, as those pretty much stopped going up after Israel blew up the Hospitals in Gaza which is where the bodies were officially counted)
vs
- Iranian star Parastoo Ahmadi reportedly sentenced to 74 lashes for singing without hijab
The Iranian "Regime" is so much less evil than the American "Regime" and the Israeli "Regime" that it's not even comparable.
People aren't rooting for the Iranian "Regime", they're rooting against the American and Israeli "Regimes", same logic as we are told again and again by American Liberals for why people should vote Democrat because it's the Lesser Evil to stop the greater one, only in this case the difference in evilness as measured by body county between these Regimes is far larger than even the difference in evilness Democrats and Republicans in the US.
It makes far more sense to root for the lesser evil "Regime" against the more evil "Regimes" in this case than it does to vote Democrat in the US to stop the Republicans because even the Republicans don't just murder hundreds of thousands more and get millions killed as collateral damage more than the Democrats.
The Iranian "Regime" is so much less evil than the American "Regime" and the Israeli "Regime" that it's not even comparable.
At least make an honest comparison when you say that. Comparing decades of events by US and Israel to one event in Iran as if it's not a brutal theocratic authoritarian regime, is very dishonest.
That's not to say the US and Israel should've invaded, fuck no, but at least be honest about it.
Literally the only way to make just the Israeli "Regime" seem less murderous than the Iranian one is by cheery-picking a "from date" that excludes most of the Genocide in Gaza whilst including the recent violent repression in Iran and a "to date" that excludes Israel's current invasion of Lebanon and the Israeli participation in attacking Iran.
Israel has been way more murderous than Iran in pretty much any time frame you chose within the last 5 decades unless you're activelly cherry-picking start and end dates to make it seem otherwise.
As nasty as the Iranian Regime is, next to the Genocidal White Supremacist Regime in Israel they're pussycats - their respective body counts aren't even in the same dimension.
You are right when it comes to body count comparisons with the US, though, as the last big mass murdering done by the US ended in 2021 (Afghanistan) though the country activelly supported the Israeli Genocide in Gaza.
For the US the "is it the same Regime" logics applies, IMHO - have the political systems and general political stance when it comes to foreign intervention really changed for the better in the US. As far as I can tell, it has not. That being the case, then it makes sense to point at the past sins of the Regime in America even if from a decade or two ago and say "this is the kind of people they are" because that's still how American political structures operate and that's still how much the American Public cares about those the American Military murders abroad, same as it would make sense if for example the NAZIs were still in Government in Germany to keep pointing out at the Holocaust (which was almost a century ago) as an example of the kind of people the NAZIs are, but since the NAZIs are not in power in Germany and it's an entirelly different "Regime" it makes no sense at all to point at the Holocaust as representative of the character of present day Germany and its Government.
So, has the US really changed when it comes to how much Americans (both in power and public opinion) care about the lives of those outside America or about American Militarism?
From the outside, it doesn't at all look like it: America is still hyper-militarist, most of the American Public care very little about the lives of those abroad and both the last US Governments either supported mass killings abroad, most notably with Biden sending Israel 2000lb bombs - which have massive collateral damaga - to be used to bomb the denselly populate Gaza, and then Trump continued support for Israel, randomly droned boats of the South American coast and bombed Iran with such recklessnes and disregard to civilian lives that they let Grok choose targest and blew up a school full of children.
Please note that I'm not trying to defend Israel or the US at all, I'm not trying to disprove or deny their imperialistic and genocidal actions.
But don't try to reduce Iran's brutalities in order to make that point. It cheapens the discussion and makes it easier to ignore your actual point. That's what you did in the comment I responded to.
An American cop just killed murdered a 1yo in Mississippi a few days ago.
Really struggling to find the difference here.
Yes, I'm not disputing any of that.
Nice use of logical fallacies. Whataboutism and straw man in one comment.
But let’s stick to the facts:
2019:
On 23 December, Reuters reported that a death toll provided by three unnamed Iranian interior ministry officials was "about 1,500" including "at least 17 teenagers and about 400 women".
2022:
At least 551 people, including 68 minors, had been killed as a result of the government's intervention in the protests, as of 15 September 2023.
2026:
The Iranian government has acknowledged more than 3,000 dead, and the US-based organisation HRANA (Human Rights Activists News Agency), whose figures have been reliable during previous crackdowns, says it has verified more than 6,000 dead and has more than 17,000 more recorded deaths under investigation, giving a possible total of about 22,000. Other estimates from doctors based outside Iran range up to 33,000 or more.
And then we haven’t even talked about the terrorist attacks by Iran’s proxies.
So no, dear Iran fanboy. They’re not much less evil.
Sure mate, Israel and the US are not at all the most murderous nations on the face of the planet of this century to the point that a fucking Theocracy are vritably pussycats in comparison, and instead it must be me being an "Iran fanboy".
That very tall pile of bones you stand on is not a moral high ground.
Ahh yes, mr mass murder apologist. Let’s compare how many people they have killed. Because it’s not human lives we’re talking about but data points to win our meaningless internet discussion.
Somehow I don’t think I’m the one dying on a hill made out of skeletons….
There are no good guys in this war will always be true, no matter how much you try to twist it.
At least they uphold their laws, even if they're religious trash. We can't even get Trump out after two impeachments and evidence he's a pedo. So who's worse, a country with extreme religious laws that actually enacts said laws or one with much more reasonable ones but never enforces them.
Amongst other things the American/Israeli War of Agression on Iran makes this shit more likely, since in countries at war anybody who demonstrate against the authorities are easilly slandered as being traitors and if it's a war that they didn't start then the public opinion is far more likely to side with the Authorities.
You're right on the aggregate, but Iran has been doing things like this for decades. Iran was moving in the right direction in the past 15 years but that development has been blocked and likely reversed now with the reformists losing all of their momentum and legitimacy, especially given this past year of war.
Or you know, when they had a fully democratic government before the US came in and installed the puppet Shah which led to the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and brought the fundamentalist government in power.
Iran's democracy was toppled three times in the 20th century, each time with the British at the helm. The US kinda stole the coup from the British in 1953. What I mean is that this is not just history, it's also what's happening now. Iran was moving toward a much more progressive society and those efforts were again sabotaged by the West, not just the US but the West collectively.
On the way to Revolution, things typically get worse before they get better - as authoritarian governments start losing control of the street they invariably increase the intensity of their repression and that's what trigger a similarly violent response from the population, i.e. the actual Revolution.
The American/Israeli War Of Agression almost certainly walked the whole process back, "wasting" the lives that were lost when the Iranian Government responded to the increased discontent with increase repression.
True, before there was no guarantee that what followed that increased repression was a the public responding by themselves increasing their actions against the government - as murderous government repression doesn't always trigger a successful mass violent response from the population - now that will for certain not happen because even an oppressive regime is still a "protector" in the eyes of most of the locals when a bunch of murderous foreigners (and both the US and Israel are undeniably massively murderous towards muslims in the Middle East) attacks the nation, so even those in Iran who desire change have to keep their mouths shut since the majority don't want to risk losing those who have "protected" them from the murderous foreigners.
According to the article the Court sentence came out now.
It makes sense that the regime there feels more emboldened to act in more hardline ways (such as giving the maximum possible sentence in this case) because right now they're likely seen by most of the Iranian population as "protectors" against the two foreign regimes attacking Iran, both of which are far more murderous that even the regime in Iran at the peak of repression.
It's the same reason why the most outrageous and intrusive civil society surveillance and control legislation in the US was passed in the period just after 9/11 - times when society at large feel under attack by external forces are ideal moments for those in control to extend and entrench their power and steer the country faster towards their views even if civil society is uncomfortable with it, not least because reasonable and logical criticism against it can easily be painted as being Against The Good Of The Nation and even as Treason.
Like most people, I do not support this war. However, a quick Google search will prove that this type of oppression of women is common in Iran, with or without America and Israel bombing them. Everything bad Iran does cannot be attributed to America and Israel.
Nope but articles like this coming out in greater amounts right now are intentionally being pushed out as propaganda to make people feel okay with America committing terrorist bombing campaigns against civilian targets.
While the content is true, the article itself is explicitly propaganda to justify terrorism.
I got the impression that this specific case was much more outrageous than usual as she got the maximum sentence for it plus she was actually singing a patriotic song.
I'm well aware than treatment of women in present day Iran is seriously backwards and worse than anything since maybe the 18th century (Persia actually tended to be more modern than their neighbors).
74? That seems like an example is being made.
Trump caused this! The Islamic regime was about to fall on it's own by the Iranian people. But now because of this war, those suckers are stronger than ever and even more radical.
Yep. All of the sudden, the "great satan" stuff seems a lot more credible, and anybody who was calling for detente with the West looks really foolish.
On the other hand, there's a lot of fresh faces at the top of the hierarchy now. Maybe gradual reform will be more possible, whenever this chapter of history ends. For now, 74 lashes for the celebrity, so nobody forgets who makes the rules.
there is a flood of anti Iran media and news lately after the US got Cuck Sucked any one in Iran can confirm this , as I know Twelver shia's and Iranians don't do lashes especially such a weird number 74
mostly fake .....
I don't think that's an accurate title for the piece they wrote.
Yes, the state is extremely repressive especially in the heart of empire.
And Trump made this mob the underdog with his war on the Epstein files. What joke! If Trump had ignored that madman in Israel the popular unrest may have made a difference but as it is, the hardliners have a strengthened hand.
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A community for discussing events around the World
Rules:
Rule 1: posts have the following requirements:
- Post news articles only
- Video links are NOT articles and will be removed.
- Title must match the article headline
- Not United States Internal News
- Recent (Past 30 Days)
- Screenshots/links to other social media sites (Twitter/X/Facebook/Youtube/reddit, etc.) are explicitly forbidden, as are link shorteners.
Rule 2: Do not copy the entire article into your post. The key points in 1-2 paragraphs is allowed (even encouraged!), but large segments of articles posted in the body will result in the post being removed. If you have to stop and think "Is this fair use?", it probably isn't. Archive links, especially the ones created on link submission, are absolutely allowed but those that avoid paywalls are not.
Rule 3: Opinions articles, or Articles based on misinformation/propaganda may be removed.
Rule 4: Posts or comments that are homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, anti-religious, or ableist will be removed. “Ironic” prejudice is just prejudiced.
Posts and comments must abide by the lemmy.world terms of service UPDATED AS OF OCTOBER 19 2025
Rule 5: Keep it civil. It's OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It's NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
Rule 6: Memes, spam, other low effort posting, reposts, misinformation, advocating violence, off-topic, trolling, offensive, regarding the moderators or meta in content may be removed at any time.
Rule 7: We didn't USED to need a rule about how many posts one could make in a day, then someone posted NINETEEN articles in a single day. Not comments, FULL ARTICLES. If you're posting more than say, 10 or so, consider going outside and touching grass. We reserve the right to limit over-posting so a single user does not dominate the front page.
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
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Backwater trash policies.
Omg men saw your HAIR! Give me a fucking break. Grow the fuck up and stop acting like children who can't control themselves.
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