Supreme Leader of Iran Loves Trolling America with Hashtags
Earlier this year, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei discovered that he could use #Ferguson to criticize the United States on Twitter, and now that the Eric Garner decision has led to mass protests, occasional riots, and a cold war between America’s police force and everyone else, he’s having a field day:
#Jesus endured sufferings to oppose tyrants who had put humans in hell in this world& the hereafter while he backed the oppressed. #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 28, 2014
It's expected that followers of #Jesus follow him in his fight against arrogants and in his support for the oppressed. #BlackLivesMatter
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 28, 2014
Those were the tweets that got the most attention, but Khamenei has been tweeting about #Ferguson for quite a while now:
A black,previously a slave, &his master were made brothers by #Prophet to show that human value isn’t in color/wealth but in piety.#Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 22, 2014
The Almighty God ordered the human beings to struggle against tyranny, corruption, backwardness and poverty. #SolidarityDay #Ferguson
1/8/97
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 20, 2014
#TortureReport
#Ferguson
http://t.co/BMY29LXuGc pic.twitter.com/kR1J04Rk6B
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 10, 2014
Racial discrimination is still a dilemma in US & ppl are unsecure for having dark skins. #Ferguson #EndModernSlavery
https://t.co/Jqwq8u0xln
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 2, 2014
Today, the so-called advanced countries still discriminate against the #blacks and still have racial and ethnic conflicts. #BlackLivesMatter
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) October 12, 2014
If US govt has a power, then it should use it to solve its own problems& put an end to racial discrimination. #Ferguson #Syria #Iraq
4/13/94
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) September 28, 2014
There are many books to get familiar w/ West’s oppression on blacks & the tragedy of #slavery; “Roots” is among the most valuable.
#Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) August 23, 2014
Khamenei is pretty good at this Twitter trolling. For instance, did you know that today was the 124th anniversary of the massacre at Wounded Knee? Khamenei sure did.
Look at the arrogants’ crimes against #NativeAmericans! It is one of the dark points in the history of modern America.
#WoundedKneeMassacre
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 29, 2014
And Columbus Day.
Look at the arrogants’ crimes against Native Americans! It is one of the dark points in the history of modern America. #ColumbusDay
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) October 14, 2014
And, apparently, Pinspiration:
You should always keep learning new things
http://t.co/DHBN9Qn1FH pic.twitter.com/NaBMRQvLgx
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) December 15, 2014
[Image via Khamenei.ir]
