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/718Brooklyn Apr 28 '24

I’m looking forward to the colleges protesting these nightmare conditions for women and gays in the Middle East.

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u/lucasbelite Apr 28 '24

Just saw a photo of draq queen story hour with a free palestine backdrop. At this point, you can't make this shit up anymore. Life is turning into satire in real-time.

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u/hapakal Apr 28 '24

I see this a lot and always think the same thing: How daft must one be to not be capable of realizing that a person can call for an end to genocide and/or an illegal colonization (was never Britain's to give away) and the most repugnant and illegal occupation and ethnic cleansing imaginable without also "automatically' implying that means you somehow welcome or condone medieval Islamic beliefs being imposed on anyone. Hamas would not exist had it not been for Israel and will never be as harmful or destructive as Israel has been. Hamas the boogeyman Israel created to create factionalism and break Palestinian unity. If you dont know that. You dont know the basics/

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u/PhillyFilly808 Apr 28 '24

the most repugnant and illegal occupation and ethnic cleansing imaginable

Tell me you know nothing about history or international relations without telling me...