Posted on 11/15/2022 9:47:16 PM PST by BenLurkin
Viola Davis and Justin Trudeau are among the people who shared a viral mistruth about Iranian protesters in the past several days.
A false claim that Iran plans to execute thousands of people has gone viral in the wake of the first death sentence for a protester tied to the demonstrations against the country’s clerical rulers over women’s rights.
An image that has circulated widely on social media falsely says 15,000 protesters have been sentenced to death. That claim is not true, but it has been amplified by major public figures, including the actors Viola Davis and Sophie Turner and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Representatives for Davis did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Representatives for Turner declined to comment.
The claim gained the most attention on Instagram, where a viral infographic claiming “Iran Sentences 15,000 protesters to death — as a ‘hard lesson’ for all rebels” was viewed more than a million times after celebrities like Davis and Turner shared it on their verified accounts Monday. The post no longer appears on Davis’ account, but it was still up on Turner’s on Tuesday afternoon.
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So Iran isn’t the bad guy? How many people *have* they sentenced to death because of these demonstrations?
Iranian Mullahs
Justin Trudeau and left-wing Hollyweirdos
All bad guys.
Whatever the media masters toss into the feeding trough.
Iran may be a bad guy. But since our own media, government and political leaders lie so blatantly, and we can't know the truth, they can't be distinguished from iran.
Mistruth, false, not true….. you would think it had been said by Donald Trump.
The line dividing good and evil runs through the middle of every human heart.
Exaggerating the flaws of one’s enemies is a great way to distract one’s self and others from one’s own faults.
Trudeau thinks abortion is the best thing since sliced bread.
On the other hand, as Iran is an Islamic theocracy, they have been liberalizing abortion laws, but are not nearly as liberal as Trudeau on this issue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Iran
I suspect that the Canadian government, through socialized medicine, kills far more of its citizens than Iran does.
But who am I to judge?
Even for Iran, to literally execute 15K protestors would have been a pretty tall order.
There it is.
Correct, but, done before.
Justin Trudeau didn’t know? WTF?
My understanding is that the legislature passed some decree calling for the execution and the media/state/party (in this country) line is that theu didn’t mean “execute” execute and the Iranian judiciary won’t carry out the order. Thus misinformation, or something.
Yeah, it's only 5,000 protestors. This week.
Seriously, how does anyone even attempt to "verify" these claims, especially if they don't speak Farsi?
I find it very interesting that the writer is much more interested in (and gives much more detailed info about) the Hollywood actress who got a story wrong (or slightly wrong) than in Justin Trudeau. “Merely” Canada’s prime Minister and head of its government.
Had a close and totally trusted friend in N. Syria who told me several years ago that the Mullah’s had executed 10,000 mostly political prisoners. If you bad mouth the Mullahs, they hang you. (or worse)
So the recent arrests would mean that some of them would be executed.
The Mullahs are not Persian. Iran is where Persians lived.
In 2009 during the Iran Election phase, the Mullahs hired German cell phone experts to track down those showing what was going on after the Mullahs stole the election. 2-3 thousand young people were arrested. Half of them were never heard from again.
The Iranian Mullahs are Terrible Evil.
‘Iran Executing 15,000 Protestors Is Total Bullsh!t Story.’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-jvRUwrPs0
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