Are iranian children worth less than american children? (mander.xyz)

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Why i'm supposed to care less about iranian children being killed in war? Is it because their government is evil? Isn't our government bad too?

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[-] Weydemeyer@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 hours ago

It’s estimated that 30-40 children died on Oct 7th. Consider the reaction most (white) Americans had to that event to the 165 schoolchildren killed in Minab recently. Neither Israel nor Iran are meaningfully “closer” to Americans than the other.

[-] mech@feddit.org 2 points 2 hours ago

Israelis are painted white by US media, Iranians are painted brown.

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