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gulliver

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8. Hardly

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 04:46 PM

Mar 28

The metaphor about angels on the heads of pins is far from applicable here. That metaphor is about pointless, unresolvable distinctions and trivial questions. In the case of the United States, Israel, and the Islamic Republic, the Islamic Republic is obviously far more bigoted, which is an important distinction, and the question is not trivial.

But, to prove me wrong, point me to a video of an Islamic Republic multi-racial or gay married couple in their leadership vouching for them. I wish you luck.

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Is the Islamic Republic run by extreme bigots? [View all] gulliver Mar 28 OP

No more so than ours at the moment Jilly_in_VA Mar 28 #1

Or our ally in this endeavor. 3_Limes Mar 28 #2

I did look gulliver Mar 28 #3

You REALLY think so? Jilly_in_VA Mar 28 #6

The US however is getting closer to Iran every day. Oneironaut Mar 28 #17

My Lai happened in the name of human rights David__77 Mar 28 #4

If we are going to rank extreme bigots, do not sleep on the US or Israel. RockRaven Mar 28 #5

Hardly gulliver Mar 28 #8

No, you are missing the point, which is: what use is parsing the difference? RockRaven Mar 28 #9

THANK YOU Skittles Mar 28 #11

Well, that's just obviously wrong gulliver Mar 28 #12

Piggy and his cult of criminals MorbidButterflyTat Mar 28 #14

As excellent as exists. gulliver Mar 28 #16

You are mixing 2 things: in the OP, you talked about the regimes muriel_volestrangler Mar 28 #15

I think it's more like they're extreme mysogynists harumph Mar 28 #7

Definitely that gulliver Mar 28 #10

Well, they murdered an estimate 30,000 protestors a few months back. Swede Mar 28 #13

Yes they are sarisataka Mar 28 #18

Now do Saudi Arabia SamuelTheThird Mar 28 #19