sorry for double post - an expanded response. ill try to get back on topic after this.
Perspective shapes outrage, just like it shapes how events are labeled. For the U.S., Israel, or any state, airstrikes are framed as counterterrorism, retaliation, or national defense. Civilian harm, if it occurs, is described as collateral or unintended. From this viewpoint, the strikes are seen as precise and necessary, whether in Syria, Gaza, or Iran. From the perspective of those under the bombs, however, the experience is entirely different. Widespread strikes in populated areas feel like terrorism, creating fear, destruction, and uncertainty. The same act can be called “counterterrorism” by one side and “terror from the sky” by those experiencing it. U.S. and Israeli air campaigns repeatedly produce this clash of perception.
Which brings me to your sudden outrage about Iran. You say, “No post about the over 2,000 innocent deaths in Iran? Your hypocrisy is out and it’s disgusting.” But Israel bombs Gaza daily, the U.S. bombed Syria yesterday, Trump has threatened Iran repeatedly, and Israel bombed Iran last year. Why do you suddenly care — only when it fits a narrative of Iran as the ultimate evil? The question isn’t whether the deaths are tragic — of course they are. The question is why selective outrage exists. If bombing is violence when Iranians are dying, why isn’t it violence when Palestinians, Syrians, or Sudanese civilians die under foreign or Israeli bombs? Some deaths are visible, others are invisible, depending on who you deem evil.
In short: if the U.S. hadn’t destroyed Iranian democracy decades ago, we wouldn’t be in this mess — and selective outrage wouldn’t be the default lens through which violence is judged. It would be great if Iran was democratic, but what then? They are being bombed by Israel and the US, this memory does not go away.
Perspective? Sure. But your perspective only activates for Gaza bombs, not for 2,000+ innocent Iranians killed protesting their oppressive regime. You ignore that because it doesn’t fit your ‘Israel/US bad, Iran / Palestinians victims’ story. My point stands: if civilian deaths matter, post about them everywhere not just where it scores political points.
Iran was never a democracy,
I dont remember posting about anything that did not involve my own people, since I am not a self righteous hypocrite.