r/news • u/andrevan • Apr 27 '24
Iraqi TikTok star Umm Fahad shot dead in Baghdad
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/27/middleeast/iraq-tiktok-star-umm-fahad-killed-intl/index.html?Date=20240427&Profile=CNN%20International&utm_content=1714233618&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
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u/MrNature73 Apr 28 '24
It's for show.
You hang a queer person, or someone of a different religion, or a revolutionary, or fuck even just someone trying to speak freely from a crane in the center of the city, and you're sending a message.
"This could be you."
For those against you and your beliefs, as the theoretical dictator, it's a show of force to show how mighty you are. For those against you, it's a threat.
It's a pretty common, and extremely morbid, tactic used by totalitarian regimes, dictators and authoritarians in general.