Republicans Demonize Iran as Eternal Terror Menace
Scapegoating, dehumanization & moral-panic mobilization
By repeating that Iran has been the top terror sponsor ‘for 47 years’ and crediting only Trump with confronting it, the posts stoke perpetual fear of an external enemy to justify aggressive U.S. posture. This fear-mongering against a targeted out-group fits Category 5 scapegoating.
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By repeating that Iran has been the top terror sponsor ‘for 47 years’ and crediting only Trump with confronting it, the posts stoke perpetual fear of an external enemy to justify aggressive U.S. posture. This fear-mongering against a targeted out-group fits Category 5 scapegoating.
@mehdirhasan Are you out of your mind? Aside the fact that Trump is a evil actor, IRAN IS A REGIME, which financed terrorism all over the world for decades and has contributed in killing Ukrainians with Shaed drones.
I thought Trump eviscerated the Iran nuclear program?
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@mehdirhasan Are you out of your mind? Aside the fact that Trump is a evil actor, IRAN IS A REGIME, which financed terrorism all over the world for decades and has contributed in killing Ukrainians with Shaed drones.
@IraninSA Iran has been responsible for funding and arming terrorism around the world for decades, not to mention killing its own people, yeah we see it all on the gore websites. So fuck you.
@mmpadellan Iran sponsored terrorism for 5 decades and killed people all over the world including tens of thousands of their own citizens. That doesn't make them the good guys
Juan O Savin and @ninoboxer Iran has been the proxy for the majority of terrorism around the world for decades. @potus https://t.co/VFXFc3rT4W
@araghchi The world also sees what Iran has done for decades…violence, murder, and terrorism. You best stick with the deal.
@WhiteHouse Is not Iran's non existed terrorism that is the danger to the world. It's Americas and their Israeli masters who bring all the terror we have experienced in the past five decades. Iran just gave you a rude awakening and you should be grateful. You may start thinking a little.
@10DowningStreet @Keir_Starmer You can't negotiate with terrorists, and Iran has been the world's no.1 sponsor of terrorism for decades! The Iranian people need the help of the world, not cowardice and strongly worded speeches!
@FreeSpe88394786 @WhiteHouse You mean the terrorist regime that slaughtered 10’s of thousands just a couple of weeks ago for protesting? Or the regime that has been chanting Death to America for decades & funding terrorism all around the world? That Iran?
@donwinslow Iran has been the largest state sponsor of terrorism the world over for decades. Do you think they are innocent? They have spilled the blood of American citizens for years without hesitation, and their slogan is 'Death to USA'. But they are the good guys in your demented mind?
@RoKhanna You and your party are exactly why Iran has been threatening the world since 1979. We finally have a president willing to stand up to the decades of terrorism and death from Iran. What have you done?
@AndyStumpf77 Who’s to say this won’t end the war, and provide a level of peace this world hasn’t known since 1979? Iran funds terrorism globally, and has for decades. 🤷♂️
@MarioNawfal Right, and let's leave out the Iran sponsored terrorism impacting millions around the world and for decades.
@moefromcanada @EricLDaugh Iran has been killing Americans for over 4 decades. Do you honestly not know they were the #1 sponsor of terrorism the world over? Canada it’s always Canada. Appreciate your support. Hahaha
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@RightScopee @RedLineReportt Hell yes! Iran has been a thorn in our side for decades as well as murdering thousands of our citizens all over the world by backing terrorism!
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@ChrisMurphyCT What's morally wrong you fucking twat is that Iran has spent the last 47 years terrorizing the world and in the process through their state sponsorship of terrorism their proxies have killed over 1,000 Americans. They've been at war with us for five decades.
If Iran were really as big of an existential threat to the US and the world as Trump claims, then it should have been easy to make his case before Congress to get support from citizens and the world. Instead, it seems he has started an arbitrary conflict that has put Iran and its allies, Russia and China, in a better position. Iran has successfully blocked the Strait of Hormuz and stalled fossil fuel production in the area. All while reportedly having countries pay them for access. Iran has gained a lot from this, while the US and the West have lost a freeflowing trade route. All this conflict has done is show Iran and countries like it that they can win through attrition. A lesson we should have learned from Afghanistan, Vietnam, etc. Glad nothing actually happened, but that Republicans in Congress let it get this far shows that you are ill equipped for your positions. That you cow before a cult of personality instead of performing your Constitutional duties has been detrimental to the US. Shame!
@ForgiatoBlow47 We should have attacked Iran 40+ years ago. The most powerful country in the history of the planet has allowed a 3rd world Islamic terror regime threaten us and spread terrorism around the middle east for decades. We're well past the time for the FO part of FAFO.
@andrewcraw34110 @sdracer13 @MaheshFonseka @StephenCom10789 @SikhFeminist Iran has been funding terrorism throughout the middle east and the world for decades. Israel has had no issue with ME states that don't have an Iranian sponsored terrorist group that attacks them.
After ceasefire, negotiating a lasting deal with Iran would require overcoming regional rivalries and strategic incoherence. President Donald Trump’s rapid and dramatic turn from threatening to kill “an entire civilization” in Iran on the morning of
I thought Trump eviscerated the Iran nuclear program?