cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46797842
May 2, 2026
The creative team behind many of the viral sensations featuring Lego characters and storytelling critical of the war launched by US-Israeli forces against Iran two months ago, posted a new video on Saturday that seeks to forge solidarity between everyday Iranians and Americans suffering from the conflict, and who desperately want to see the fighting brought to an end.
“The Iranian AI Lego team has another video out,” said Trita Parsi, executive vice president at the Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a DC think tank focused on US foreign policy. “The music, lyrics, and imagery are all designed to appeal to disillusioned Americans.”
Sorry. I don’t buy into western propaganda. The 20,000 is clearly made up.
I have a friend in Iran, his cousin died in the protests. His body was tagged 12,014. Shut your fucking mouth if you don’t know what you’re talking about.
Obviously that’s not how body tags work. Either you or your friend is making this story up.
That sucks and all, and I’m sorry for your friend’s loss, but that’s precisely the kind of information that can be pinpointed back to him or his family. So be careful saying stuff like that.
What’s the body count have to be to solicit an unfavorable opinion? Like, can you abide a few? Gloss over a few dozen? Do you require evidence of each kill? How many people does a theocratic authoritarian government have to murder for you to be like “yeah, fuck your regime”? Don’t conflate “fuck the Ayatollah and the IRGC” with “go America”. It’s not difficult to be disgusted with two fundies leaving a trail of bodies in their wake as they argue over oil and which delivery boy made up a better version of God.
Yep, most reporting from inside Iran puts the number killed as significantly higher than that.