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At least 22 people killed in Pakistan as protesters try to storm US Consulate (apnews.com)
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Violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi and in the country’s north left at least 22 people dead and more than 120 others injured as demonstrators supportive of the Iranian government attempted to storm a U.S. Consulate on Sunday, authorities said.

In the north of the country, demonstrators attacked U.N. and government offices.

The violence came after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, killing its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Police and officials at a hospital in Karachi said that at least 50 people were also wounded in the clashes and some of them were in critical condition.

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[–] 27 points 8 months ago (4 children)

People should have a right to protest - even if they're dumbasses protesting for idiotic things. Devaluing a life just because the person behind it is a dumbass is very much a Nazi tactic. You don't dehumanise stupid. You help it realise and reconcile it's stupidity.

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  • [+] -6 points 8 months ago* (2 children)

    People should have a right to protest

    Sure?

    You help it realise and reconcile it’s stupidity

    What level of management speak is this?

    I also like how you jumped from violent mobs tries to burn US consulate staff alive to: you need to have a calm moment with them, sit them down, have a chat, maybe some tea and talk it over? 🤣

    I'm not sure you'd be quite so forgiving if you were inside the embassy about to be gang raped and beheaded

    This is still my favourite violent mob:

    Kumara, who was an ethnic Sinhalese and a Buddhist by faith[7] and had lived and worked in Pakistan for eleven years,[8] was beaten, killed and later set on fire by a mob in Sialkot. He had been accused of blasphemy for removing a poster featuring religious content. It was later revealed that Kumara had removed the poster due to pending renovation work in the building, and was falsely accused of blasphemy by workers of the factory.[9

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Priyantha_Kumara

    Youch!

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I'd like to know how you jumped from "demonstrators in support of the Iranian government" to "deserves to die."

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  • [–] -2 points 8 months ago

    I didn't say that, I said I don't give a shit that they died

    They violently attacked the US embassy hoping to kill everyone inside because they're upset their evil dictator who last month murdered upwards of 30,000 people died.

    See if I give a shit

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