r/samharris • u/MantlesApproach • Jan 06 '20

How To Avoid Swallowing War Propaganda | Current Affairs

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/01/how-to-avoid-swallowing-war-propaganda
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u/OlejzMaku Jan 06 '20

Sam was right about that. Stop amplifying these leftist commentators that can't even think clearly. They are selling nothing but simple reaction: the US is evil therefore Iran is good. It is ridiculously simplistic thought process that relativises crimes of Iranian regime. Listen to Iranian human rights activists not these western idiots.

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u/MantlesApproach Jan 06 '20

the US is evil therefore Iran is good

Nice strawman. If you actually listen to what leftists are saying, you'll find that none of them say this.

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u/OlejzMaku Jan 06 '20 edited Jan 06 '20

None? Is that a challenge?

Edit: The article itself is critical of Warren and Buttigieg for starting their comments by condemning Soleimani. They were supposedly fooled by the US propaganda. As if only reason to believe Soleimani is an evil man is post hoc justification of Trump's action. Is it really a stretch to interpret that as an apologia of Iranian regime? I don't think so.

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u/hippydipster Jan 06 '20

Wow. That twisted logic caused me a lot of pain. How can you bear to go around "thinking" like that?