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EB-BarringtonIItoday at 1:18 PM4 repliesview on HN

I believe there is a qualitative difference between the governing systems in a country that tries to regulate personal appearances, and one that would shift it's military to the other side of the planet, bombing and murdering Iranian school children and civilians en-masse for no particular reason.

I also believe that your claim of seven "official allowed" haircuts is bs, as with almost everything I ever read about Iran.

Source: I see that Tehrani men have the same variety of haircuts and facial hair styles as in any other city on the planet.


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philipallstartoday at 1:34 PM

> and one that would shift it's military to the other side of the planet to bomb and murder Iranian school children and civilians en-masse for no particular reason.

It didn't send its military for that reason, if that helps.

Tade0today at 1:56 PM

If you talked with actual Iranians or people who've been in Iran, they would corroborate what I said. The IRGC truly aims to control every aspect of people's lives - it's less pronounced in places like Tehran, but it's definitely there.

Hell, if you read Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, you would find plenty of similar examples. The haircuts are just the cherry on top of that authoritarian cake.

Also, the west is not just the US. Trump failed to find anyone willing to join him in his military adventures.

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loegtoday at 2:23 PM

> EDIT: I have been shadowbanned, again, by HN. I check this by opening this thread in a private tab, not logged in, and notice my most recent comment is not visible.

> I wasn't personally insulting nor aggressive in any comment I have made. I didn't spread disinformation. This thread is inherently political by nature, and I have been objective.

> It just goes to show, even here on HN, if you don't stick to the "THIS SIDE GOOD THAT SIDE BAD" narrative, your voice WILL be restricted.

> Again, RIP Marjane, you taught me a lot about Iran and the world.

You're not shadow banned, but comments peddling objectively false conspiracy theories and whining about downvoting do not play well here.

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cmrdporcupinetoday at 2:00 PM

I don't see you shadow banned.

But complaining about upvotes and moderation is bad decorum and will get you downvoted out.

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