Godric@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 6 months agoMe when people are cheering on Iran, a country that literally executes gay peoplelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square576linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkMe when people are cheering on Iran, a country that literally executes gay peoplelemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square576linkfedilink
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI don’t think either strikes were good, but I do think that there’s a double standard, Israels strikes were fine, but Iran’s aren’t?
minus-squareGodric@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoCoverage has been pretty even handed by the news outlets I use, not so much from the lemmings gallery.
minus-squareCheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoHere in the UK its been pretty one sided talking about how Israel has a right to defend itself mostly talking around the fact that Israel shot first.
minus-squareCorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThe Iranian strike hit the Israeli Pentagon, a military target that Israel chose to surround with civilians, actual human shields, that Iran managed not to hit. Israel targeted apartment blocks.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI didn’t know that about the Iranian strike.
minus-squareCorn@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoYeah, theres a great video of a Fox News host describing the damage, followed by an Israeli soldier yelling at them.
I don’t think either strikes were good, but I do think that there’s a double standard, Israels strikes were fine, but Iran’s aren’t?
Coverage has been pretty even handed by the news outlets I use, not so much from the lemmings gallery.
Here in the UK its been pretty one sided talking about how Israel has a right to defend itself mostly talking around the fact that Israel shot first.
The Iranian strike hit the Israeli Pentagon, a military target that Israel chose to surround with civilians, actual human shields, that Iran managed not to hit. Israel targeted apartment blocks.
I didn’t know that about the Iranian strike.
Yeah, theres a great video of a Fox News host describing the damage, followed by an Israeli soldier yelling at them.