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N_E_1 for Tennis

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Sun Jan 5, 2020, 02:13 PM Jan 2020

Looking the Bully square in the eye...

At Raw Story from Common Dreams. Take time to go through the pictures just awesome places. Jackass is gleeful to destroy their lives and culture.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/iranians-flood-twitter-with-photos-of-favorite-cultural-sites-as-trump-threatens-them-with-destruction/

Iranians flood Twitter with photos of favorite cultural sites as Trump threatens them with destruction

By Common DreamsJanuary 5, 2020

Ordinary Iranians on Saturday responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s monstrous threat to strike sites “important to Iran and the Iranian culture” with an outpouring of photos highlighting their favorite mosques, museums, monuments, and other stunning architecture.

“Iranian cultural sites aren’t only aesthetically awe-inspiring or visually pleasing, these sites are home to thought, dialogue, and life.”
—Neda Monem

“Fastest way to unify all political factions in Iran against you is to assassinate the general who led Iran’s fight against ISIS,” tweeted Independent correspondent Negar Mortazavi. “Fastest way to unify Iranians of all walks of life against you is to threaten to destroy their cultural heritage. Trump did both this week.”

Using the hashtag #IranianCulturalSites, Iranians flooded Twitter with hundreds of photos of locations and structures imbued with personal and historical significance:

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Looking the Bully square in the eye... (Original Post) N_E_1 for Tennis Jan 2020 OP
This has to go: dalton99a Jan 2020 #1
You know who else destroyed cultural sites? canetoad Jan 2020 #2
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