RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]

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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8621gnknjo

    The Israeli military has struck Tehran’s notorious Evin prison and damaged parts of the facility, which holds many political detainees, Iran’s judiciary says.

    The judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported that the situation on the ground was “under control” following the attack. CCTV footage showed an explosion at one of the prison’s gates, while state TV pictures showed first responders carrying a casualty and searching for survivors under a flattened building.

    Israel’s defence minister said it was hitting “regime targets and agencies of government repression” across Tehran, including Evin.

    So, they’re targeting sites of “repression”, meaning, the people in the prison are victims of repression, and so their goal is to… kill… the victims of repression? This seems very on the nose.





  • Here’s another one for you!

    Statement: “We’re going to expand coverage through a public private partnership, to better serve our communities!”

    Translation: “We will divert an endless stream of public funds into an unaccountable private sector, for profit, black box, fueling the demands for infinite growth and austerity, which will better serve our community of investors who helped write this bill.”

    OR here is a real life example:

    Statement:

    “The first thing I’d do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act.”
    — Obama, July 17th, 2007, Speech to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.

    Translation:

    “Now, the Freedom of Choice Act is not my highest legislative priority. I believe that women should have the right to choose, but I think that the most important thing we can do to tamp down some of the anger surrounding this issue is to focus on those areas that we can agree on. And that’s where I’m going to focus.”
    — Obama, April 29th, 2009, First 100 Days news conference.