this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2026
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You said that now is the first time I'd be interested in iranian protests. The article describes a time when I showed solidarity for iranian protest movements before.
Yes. The article mentions (and condemns) this, as well. Read the fucking article, you troll.
No, you're not. You're needlessly contrarian and an annoying campist.
You've inserted yourself into a discussion that's 2.5 weeks old to tell meh that I'm "spreading imperialist propaganda" when I was complaining about an unjust and arbitrary ban for sharing an article with a leftist analysis about the protests in Iran, which you refuse to read.
Then, you're needlessly contrarian, making bold claims that I've never before supported Iranian protests and implicitly demanding useless proof.
Read the fucking article, before you make claims about it, you fucking campist troll.
How would you know? You haven't read what I shared.
So much for "trying to have a polite conversation".
You just want to project whatever weird excuse to make you feel superior to me. First it was by claiming that something I posted was propaganda (without reading it). Now it's assuming my political view on European imperialism and genocide, basedon where I happen to live.
Wow, what a very materialist analysis from you. I've accepted daddy Stalin as my personal savior. /s
God, you fucking ML cultists are aggravating. 🙄
So, what exactly makes you think that I'm pro Israeli genocide or pro war with Russia, if not your rampant urge to put strangers into boxes to satisfy your hate-boner?
Even after finding out that I consider myself an anarchist (who are famous for being war-mongers and genocide-lovers /s).
So no reason at all, since (as I've pointed out several times now) you don't know what the article I shared actually contains.
I'm very willing to have a normal converation, given that the other person isn't a bad-faith troll.
Also: what does that have anything to do with being German? I thought there was a reason why you're treating me like Friedrich Fudking Merz.
So, are you claiming that there weren't protests going on and those weren't answered with massive repression? Were's the exaggeration? Where's the fabrication? The original post was stating that everything's fine in Iran, while massive protests were going on (which you acknowledged yourself)
And why are you afraid to read the article if it's not because you're not interested in engaging in anything that contradicts your already made-up mind?
I started insulting you, because you were trolling (and frankly - never stopped). Tellme where you are from so that I can insult you for things out of your control.
You're in no position to criticize my post if you didn't engage with it's content, i.e. the article. You continue to refuse reading it and throw around baseless campist accusations, instead (e.g. that this was the first time I'd be in open solidarity with leftist protestors in Iran). Instead of listening to leftists in Iran, you accuse anyone who dares to mention that Iran isn't an egalitarian paradise as an Israeli asset.
You can tell yourself whatever you want: If you were seriously trying to engage in a good-faith argument, you did a horrible job at doing so.
stop acting as if you're reasonable, if you can't even read a fucking article by leftists, just because they don't pass your socialist™️ purity test.
EDIT:
Look, it's even talking about the likes of you.
While this has been an interesting read, I think it's probably time to call it quits on the slap fighting.