Stuff is happening in Iran.

[Tomconroy]

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Lots of videos on twitter.

[Irish_Dem]

1. These women are risking their lives. This is what real bravery looks like.

[LoisB]

2. Yes, indeed. I wish them well.

[Irish_Dem]

9. My heart goes out to them. Risking their lives to give women freedom.

Freedom from male subjugation.

[calimary]

14. Indeed!

[iluvtennis]

15. Ditto. n/t

[Poiuyt]

3. There were reports a couple of days ago that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was gravely ill

[maxsolomon]

29. Let's hope so.

Fucker is 83, and he's been in power for 33 years. Iran needs the grip of theocracy to loosen.

[Scrivener7]

4. I can't imagine being that brave. They are amazing.

[OMGWTF]

5. Men should feel lucky we only want equality and not payback. -- Every Woman Alive

[SunSeeker]

7. THIS

[Irish_Dem]

10. Men don't seem able to handle equality. Maybe they shouldn't have it until they're ready.

Send them to time out to contemplate the errors of their ways.

[intheflow]

35. Men were cheering and chanting along with the women in the videos. n/t

[Irish_Dem]

36. Finally. Men can no longer stay on the sidelines.

They are going to have to fight for women's rights.

[IronLionZion]

33. It's not like women are planning to castrate us

maybe some fear retribution if they have a punitive mindset to begin with. But equal opportunity doesn't sound too threatening to me.

[Irish_Dem]

37. Equality for women is apparently threatening to many men on the planet.

And has been for 6 million years.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

6. I saw this post earlier:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217176614

[lindysalsagal]

8. The theocratic reaction might be horrific.

[SunSeeker]

11. The level of this bravery gives me chills.

They set an example for the world.

[electric_blue68]

12. So true!

[electric_blue68]

13. TY, TC. Teary eyed watching those vids!

[dalton99a]

16. Kick

[nycbos]

17. While the bravery of these women are indeed inspiring...

... so where the protesters of the green revolution. They were brutally crushed by the ayatollah's thugs. I feel the same will happen here.

And unlike the Ukrainian soldiers they do not have Saint Javelin on their side.

[tishaLA]

18. This one is glorious

Link to tweet

"This video was shot tonight in Sari (north). A girl is dancing, her long hair down. She throws her scarf into the fire."...

[electric_blue68]

19. Omg! Woaaah, brave women! TY!

[grantcart]

20. Very brave but not unprecedented. Similar outbreaks of public protests have happened before

A factor in why people are feeling emboldened may be that Supreme Leader Khameni is reportedly "gravely ill".

[Kablooie]

21. Musk says Starlink will seek exemption from Iranian sanctions

Sept 19 (Reuters) - SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Monday that the company will ask for an exemption from sanctions against Iran to provide the firm's Starlink satellite broadband service in the country.

Musk made the statement on Twitter at a time of widespread protests in Iran over the death of a woman in police custody. Some people on Twitter asked Musk to provide the satellite-based internet stations.

Access to social media and some content is tightly restricted in Iran and internet monitoring group NetBlocks reported "near-total" disruption to internet connectivity in the capital of the Kurdish region on Monday, linking it to the protests.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-says-starlink-will-seek-exemption-iranian-sanctions-2022-09-19/

[electric_blue68]

23. And here in NY as people are protesting the Iranian President speaking at The UN ..

later on Weds.

[no_hypocrisy]

24. I haven't seen such bravery in Iran by women for 43 years

when their mothers, aunts, cousins, grandmothers took to the streets to protest the mandatory hijab law.

&t=661s

[Ligyron]

25. Great to hear!

Wonder what we can do as a nation to support this? Because you can’t keep a country in the 8th century but for so long.

[IronLionZion]

26. Plenty of male allies in the videos

that's a good sign of popular support for the women

[Mysterian]

27. There are a lot of good people in Iran

I hope they have the power to overcome the evil theocratic rulers and their henchmen.

[Samrob]

32. There are a lot of good, smart, kind Iranians here in the US. I know quite a few of them. nt

[Amishman]

28. Time for some cyber attacks to disrupt any attempted crackdowns

Time to make amends for not backing the Green Movement protests

[rrze]

30. Iranian people

The people are not the government. They deserve so much better than these dinosaur dictators.

[Lucinda]

31. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[czarjak]

34. Theocracy Never

[cilla4progress]

38. In awe.

People are rising up all over the world!

Russia
America

And these amazing Iranian sheroes!!

[RevBrotherThomas]

39. Surprisingly (or not)

VERY little mention of this in mainstream media; Reuters had a blurb halfway down the page.

[JI7]

40. I pay attention to non US media also and it's pretty big in other places

with multiple 24 hour "news" channels they could do so much more to inform Americans about the world but instead most of it is a cheap reality tv version of "news reporting" .