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Oneironaut

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17. The US however is getting closer to Iran every day.

Reply to gulliver (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 05:27 PM

Mar 28

Idaho is passing a bill that allows for life imprisonment for trans people who simply use the bathroom. A first offense allows for 1 year of prison time, in which trans prisoners will be made felons (actually, on the second “offense” I believe), be forcefully detransitioned and be experimented on (tortured) with conversion therapy.

No, we are not throwing LGBT people off buildings yet. We just ruin their lives with the legal system for the crime of having to pee, and then throw them in jails for quack medical experimentation RFK Jr. and right wing Christians pulled out of their asses.

If you are in that situation, is Iran any worse than the US at that point? “They may be ruining my life and torturing me, but, at least I’m not being hanged!” Meh…

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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

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