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CinnamonBlue t1_iw6yy7a wrote

Why the UK?

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firthy t1_iw8lmev wrote

Why not? I’ve lived here for fifty plus years and it’s great. I’d definitely want to come here if I didn’t already live here.

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[deleted] t1_iw86upq wrote

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Mediamuerte t1_iw8zyka wrote

Have a look at what Iran does to its own people

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bigdave41 t1_iw9fq5z wrote

What the theocratic regime does to the people you mean? A country's population is not a monolith, and a sizeable majority especially of young people hate and want to get rid of the regime.

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Mediamuerte t1_iw9lbos wrote

Well they've tolerated it for 50 years

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bigdave41 t1_iw9mapk wrote

What do you even mean to say by that? That because things have been shitty there for a long time, people shouldn't try to leave now? Do you have any idea what it's like to live under a theocratic dictatorship? Where saying the wrong thing can get you or your family tortured and executed?

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bigdave41 t1_iw9fyqw wrote

For one thing he appears to speak English pretty well, if you were fleeing an oppressive regime and you had to choose where to go, would you not choose somewhere where you spoke the language?

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