Comment on Outrage in Iran after woman whipped for refusing to wear hijab
jopepa@lemmy.world 10 months agoFirst of all, I respect your point of view and I share your anger. That said, if there’s no middle ground then any bloody revolution will turn into another Reign of Terror. Peaceful revolutions are a fairly recent phenomenon and violent revolutions have historically been shifting the power from violent leaders to violent revolutionaries who themselves become violent leaders. There needs to be a middle ground otherwise, it’s just changing the meat we collectively put in the grinder.
metaStatic@kbin.social 10 months ago
don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
There are places where peaceful revolution is possible and then there's Iran. When your opposition can and will kill every last one of you there is no time to waste on being civil.
jopepa@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Reporting these incidents makes martyrs of Iran’s victims. I believe the overwhelming majority of people everywhere want justice, human rights, and peace for everyone. People are affected by news like this.
We live in a global society. The NGOs and governments that work with Iran give them the resources that allow this kind of power imbalance to begin with. The good and imperfect way is unfortunately martyrdom, journalism, organized resistance, and patience through the horrors for peace to come.
In every war both sides gain their own martyrs, and that’s what makes so many of them perpetual even after the fighting stops. That’s not perfect or good.