▲ 1230 ▼ Another L for bigotry (europe.pub) submitted 1 year ago by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works 330 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 point 1 year ago (3 children) I thought that happened in '79 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children) The Shah of Iran couped the democratic government in 1953 and enacted a brutal military dictatorship that was not overthrown until '79. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child) oh, sorry. I just saw some hippie photos from the 70s and assumed it was a liberal/secular place around then until 79 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* It's a big country. There's corners that are still liberal/secular today and there's corners that have never been. But there's a hagiography around the dictatorship that suggests a few women in bikinis on the beach represented the entire social state of the Shah's reign. You don't see pictures of the torture dungeons or the armed insurgents or the clashes between police and civilians published regularly in Western media. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children) The Shah of Iran couped the democratic government in 1953 and enacted a brutal military dictatorship that was not overthrown until '79. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child) oh, sorry. I just saw some hippie photos from the 70s and assumed it was a liberal/secular place around then until 79 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* It's a big country. There's corners that are still liberal/secular today and there's corners that have never been. But there's a hagiography around the dictatorship that suggests a few women in bikinis on the beach represented the entire social state of the Shah's reign. You don't see pictures of the torture dungeons or the armed insurgents or the clashes between police and civilians published regularly in Western media. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child) oh, sorry. I just saw some hippie photos from the 70s and assumed it was a liberal/secular place around then until 79 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* It's a big country. There's corners that are still liberal/secular today and there's corners that have never been. But there's a hagiography around the dictatorship that suggests a few women in bikinis on the beach represented the entire social state of the Shah's reign. You don't see pictures of the torture dungeons or the armed insurgents or the clashes between police and civilians published regularly in Western media. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* It's a big country. There's corners that are still liberal/secular today and there's corners that have never been. But there's a hagiography around the dictatorship that suggests a few women in bikinis on the beach represented the entire social state of the Shah's reign. You don't see pictures of the torture dungeons or the armed insurgents or the clashes between police and civilians published regularly in Western media. permalink fedilink source parent
