@jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 16 days agoAn Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leaderwww.npr.orgmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down13
arrow-up1178arrow-down1external-linkAn Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leaderwww.npr.org@jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 16 days agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squaretoofpiclinkfedilinkEnglish16•16 days agoDamn, in Russia people were arrested for posting/demonstrating "no to ***”, but a single dot is a new level!
minus-squarelurch (he/him)linkfedilinkEnglish20•16 days agothe russians also arrested some just holding up a blank white sheet of cardboard. i think it was in an area where protests are forbidden in general though. however, how does the absence of a message qualify as a protest.
minus-square@OwlPaste@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•16 days agoIn the same way and any dicktators need to keep stroking their dicks to feel good. No reason needed
minus-square@tal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglish3•16 days agoI mean, if you don’t suppress political opposition and people aren’t happy with you, that’s a real threat to you continuing to have political power. They don’t just do this on a whim.
Damn, in Russia people were arrested for posting/demonstrating "no to ***”, but a single dot is a new level!
the russians also arrested some just holding up a blank white sheet of cardboard. i think it was in an area where protests are forbidden in general though. however, how does the absence of a message qualify as a protest.
In the same way and any dicktators need to keep stroking their dicks to feel good. No reason needed
I mean, if you don’t suppress political opposition and people aren’t happy with you, that’s a real threat to you continuing to have political power.
They don’t just do this on a whim.