I’ve heard they also say “death to traffic”. So I’m wondering if it’s a translation thingy.
“death to” is apparently the literal translation of the Farsi idiom whose idiomatic translation into American English would be “goddamn” or “fuck”
I hate how western media use literal translations like this.
I would probably sound like a christian fundamentalist if someone interpreted every OMG of mine as some sort of address to God.
You misread. They say fuck America, but they do mean death to America. That’s the translation.
That’s literally the opposite of what the person I was replying to said.
That person is wrong.
Well, I looked into it and found credible sources that support
@AllNewTypeFace’s claim, so I’m going to believe them.Right I know that’s the translation. But they do mean they want America to be destroyed/gone/dead/whatever. And they are willing to kill Americans and attack American interests if they can.
I’m just gonna say “death to _” about anything that mildly annoys me now
Death to this groin rash!
Death to allergies!
Don’t let the British off the hook. Their hands were just as dirty.
Don’t let the
BritishEuropeans off the hook. Their hands were just as dirty.I think the British were involved directly in the overthrow. Iirc.
IIRC, the US got involved at the behest of British Petroleum (BP).
I believe BP owned basically the entirety of the oil industry in Iran and ran it like the company towns of old. The living conditions were bad, the pay was worse, and the work was as dangerous as it was backbreaking. So when a beloved leader was democratically elected partially on the pledge of kicking BP out of Iran - which he did by nationalizing the oil industry - BP came crying to the US. Who were all too happy to destroy the biggest democracy in the Middle East in the name of oil.
Don’t let the
BritishEuropeansTHE RICH off the hook. Their handswere just as dirty.ARE STRANGLING HUMANITY
Thank Allen Dulles.
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Neat, so everyone that says that is honoring their gods in the CIA.
Interesting!
Nobody hates the USA without a reason. All the anti americanism in the world exists because the US has been systematically fucking over other countries without mercy. Looks like people don’t like oppressors who exploit them …
So? What kind of pro Iranian bullshit is this? Fuck the Imamate.
So an article that documents CIA blowback is pro Iranian? Thats a hell of a knee jerk
Well thinking genocide is bad makes you antisemitic now so yeah it tracks unfortunately 🤣
My favorite has been the shift in the definition of ‘nuanced’ to mean “the singular date in recent history that lets me assign blame in one direction and ignoring everything else”… somehow always used in a patronizing tone by someone who thinks Colonization was actually good because it brought us the iphone