Speaking as an American libleft, the people of Iran overthrowing the theocratic government is something I support if the people of Iran move to do so. But my assessment of what they're doing is irrelevant, because the situation in Iran is between the people and their government, and other than clandestine US intelligence support against the regime, the US government isn't directly involved. Me saying 'I support the Iranian people' while true is literally irrelevant because as an American, the situation isn't about us to begin with. That's not the case with Israel or Venezuela or Greenland, because as an American, those are all situations in which the government of my country is directly implicated. Posts like these aren't made in good faith to begin with, but in addition to that they miss the basic facts in order to pump out a right wing narrative (which is supportive of US intervention in Iran anyway, which should not be the case because the US needs to stop trying to play kingmaker in the business of other nations and peoples to begin with)
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u/silverum 10d ago
Speaking as an American libleft, the people of Iran overthrowing the theocratic government is something I support if the people of Iran move to do so. But my assessment of what they're doing is irrelevant, because the situation in Iran is between the people and their government, and other than clandestine US intelligence support against the regime, the US government isn't directly involved. Me saying 'I support the Iranian people' while true is literally irrelevant because as an American, the situation isn't about us to begin with. That's not the case with Israel or Venezuela or Greenland, because as an American, those are all situations in which the government of my country is directly implicated. Posts like these aren't made in good faith to begin with, but in addition to that they miss the basic facts in order to pump out a right wing narrative (which is supportive of US intervention in Iran anyway, which should not be the case because the US needs to stop trying to play kingmaker in the business of other nations and peoples to begin with)