Thread by @PriscilliaK

I read the dumb takes on the unverified data that circulated. I don’t want to have to address every dumb American take y’all DMing about. Instead, I’m going to show you what happens on a daily in the metro in Tehran. This was earlier today. Just hours ago

#IranRevolution

2) to the “researchers” who sarcastically say “ppl are getting mad at girls getting arrested”, you clearly never were chased by the Bassiji. So just wait until history is made to write, abeg. We don’t need your modern Conrad take.

https://twitter.com/btnewsroom/status/1592647634355118080

3) Black folks suffer(ed) from these pseudo intellectuals who theorize emergency yet never heard the sounds of bullets, theorize folks’ pain when they’ve never felt anything CLOSE. Don’t get it twisted this IS modern day Conrad work.

Work that ignores people’s lived stories & rely on “stats” to fast denounce it as “fake”. While unverified info traveling from emergency zone is sad x common. Ppl DMed me “but it hurts the mvt fake info being spread”. Yes AND you centering the mistake to make it a “thing” too

It shows you don’t know majority folks in the mvt. So root your approach to the ground 1st

Unverified data in emergency is common bc data is volatile during emergencies. Folks don’t know how to interpret once it’s even out. All these happen in emergency and shouldn’t mount to

making stretched connections with past events like Bush invasion of Iraq. Are y’all really not capable at observing the layers within complex contexts? The lack of intersectional critical thinking ain’t done harming us all, even in the name of nuance, one can harm.

I’ve actually monitored and reported on HR violations against children x women in times of war. as in: I was collecting information ON THE GROUND, not behind my screen, and even less so thru dumb essays / articles. And yes, sometimes info would miss proper cross triangulation,

it happens because you’re in a context of EMERGENCY. You don’t know that bc you’ve never stepped in an emergency so why are y’all talking in the 1st place ⁉️ what’s happening in #Iran is a fight for freedom through which ppl are struggling to SURVIVE. This is about PEOPLE,

This is NOT about countering American propaganda right now. Enough w/ the modern day Conrads. And bear in mind Conrad was seen as an “intellectual of his time”, with crap “analysis” well I guess at least he did go to Congo. Ugh You can’t even see through your own acts of erasure.

No coups, no Revolution, just protests in the West, after they issue permit. Please. and we supposed to center their POV⁉️ bc they have “degrees” “expertise” which one?! Bc I have the degrees too but I don’t see their lived experiences nowhere.

Final point: if you’re truly supporting #WomenLifeFreedom let’s not center the mistakes in big outlets. We address it once and move on to focusing on the PEOPLE. Stop centering your analysis of a place you have not experienced as someone being oppressed. See the video again,

how the Bassiji grabs her by her hair. Let me tell you: the Bassiji has BEEN dehumanizing, since: LONG TIME. I don’t need you to do research on the date of the video. It’s systemic, it’s been throughout the years. So there’s false information circulating on a police state …

& there’s scenes of women policed on the metro, in their daily lives. I’ll end by saying that y’all CENTERING this mistake as a big deal, w/in the already existing claims related of reliability of some accounts collecting information is plain harmful to PEOPLE POLICED ALL DAY

How? Because you’re planting seeds of doubt as to the humanity of their pain, as to the humanity & veracity of the oppressive IR. You’re doing so in the name of “good protocols”, when violence vs people hasn’t decreased but exponentially increased. Source: ASK THE PEOPLE IN IRAN

fuck the performative American left. fuck the liberals. fuck the desperate empty headed American right. And since it’s free speech on Twitter: fuck imperialism of all sorts.

power to the people. 📍📍📍