An Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leader
An Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leader
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So, the article doesn't say.
What the hell did the dot mean?
I got an answer from the article. Essentially this guy was a known critic of the government already having spent time in prison for very direct criticisms. So he posted a dot. A completely benign post and then the following occurred:
"[he] posted a single dot in reply to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's tweet, and that comment was liked far more than Khamenei's original tweet"
...and...
"Iran watchers say the leadership has felt insecure about the high level of dissent in the country for a while"
So a known critic did the thing you do to your old sibling where you put your finger an inch away from them and say "What? I'm not touching you. I'm not touching you!" and then your sibling is tired of your shit and smacks you very hard.
lmao Khamenei got mad because he was ratio'd by a single dot.
When he gets out, he should tweet "!"
Bro he's not getting out They will probably kill him in there
Absolutely nothing, that was the point.
Yeah. Russia did the same to protesters who held blank signs after the invasion of Ukraine.
Yeah, the idea is the words are illegal to say but by saying nothing you know what they are protesting.
the problem with this is, you can arrest anyone, claiming they protested by doing nothing
Yea, well. I don't think it's contrary to the politics of the regime.
England on the bandwagon too:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/anti-monarchy-protest-russia-police-b2166183.html
No, that was the dot.