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[–] VHS@hexbear.net 67 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Especially absurd to use this propaganda angle when the West is backing Islamic fundamentalists to overthrow a secular state

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 35 points 2 weeks ago

"You do not understand. Moslem bad and the government look like Moslem therefore we must kill all their women." - Average liberal.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's a particularly effecttive angle because progressive liberals are sympathetic towards the victims of fundamentalist regimes, but are largely ignorant to the US's backing of them, while conservative liberals are just looking for an excuse to be racist.