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AloeVera

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1. They think this will end their repression and suffering?

Reply to PeaceWave (Original post)

Mon Mar 9, 2026, 01:07 PM

12 hrs ago

My heart goes out to them, though not as much as to the Iranians running from bombs or choking on toxic black air from burning oil depots in their capital city.

However I am afraid they are very much deluded.

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To be Iranian in California is to be trapped between two unbearable alternatives... [View all] PeaceWave 13 hrs ago OP

They think this will end their repression and suffering? AloeVera 12 hrs ago #1

I'm hearing entirely too many stories similar to this one... PeaceWave 12 hrs ago #3

It's the same gaslighting technique that was used to flip 2024. Initech 12 hrs ago #2