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Sorry you got ratio-ed so hard but I think you're getting too wrapped up in defending. It's not the author of those comics posting that - it's someone else. Right now when Iran is being attacked by the US and Israel.

Iran is currently a victim of imperialist aggression based on lies and lies and lies. Their country has been under attack by sanctions, and now bombs and rocket fire. Meanwhile we're discussing the sociological problems Iran has. It's... I don't know what to call that?

It's as if in a game show and the contestants are asked to queue up behind "Iran is evil!" and "Iran is good!" and that decides if we stop bombing them or not. This thinking of taking a whole nation and labeling it as good or evil. And it basically comes down to this: Two things cannot be true at the same time. Which is nonsense I've heard a lot from liberals recently! Who has time for two things?! I don't. We need to make quick snappy decisions between good and evil and bomb or no bomb. To any sane person the answer would be "it's complicated, hope they figure it out" and "no bomb. Bomb always bad".

But if you look on social media that isn't how people see these "shithole" countries. When a policemen or judge does something horrible, it's always the whole regime at fault. No historical or political or economic context. Just a caricature. A cartoon that is being used to give political cover for an illegal and amoral war.

Anyway, this isn't really directed at you, but everywhere I see the same tired dynamic play out. Meanwhile Ukraine has a little bit of a nazi problem and it's completely whitewashed.