alt Hacker NewsNot going to defend the islamic republic with its massacres, but if there is no racial element there is no apartheid, no need to overload a precise term.
This is simply turning down methods of communications to reduce protestors ability to coordinate and enable mass killings
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baxtr • today at 8:45 AM
I understand what you are saying and I was thinking about it when I wrote my comment.
I still stand by the term. Apartheid literally means "apartness". Even though the segregation in this case is not on a racial basis they still classify their population into two major blocks. Some have full rights, others have none.
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UltraSane • today at 9:28 AM
Iran treats Jews as second class citizens and prevents them from all leaving.
Apartheid isn't only about race. It can be about genre. It obviously exists in Iran. There's also a long history of Persians vs Arabs, an weaponised islam.