Newly released footage from Iranian media shows the situation was much worse than initially thought.

Thousands of masked and heavily armed individuals backed by foreign intelligence organizations were attacking security forces, civilians, attempting to take control of state institutions, government buildings and police stations across Iran.

Had this unfolded in any other country, the media would be screaming like a man on crack...rushing from corner to corner, shoving cameras into every alley to show you "heavily armed terrorists" roaming the streets.

But not in "Eye-Ran". In Eye-Ran, those same figures are magically rebranded as "peaceful protesters". No hysteria, no breaking news countdown, no ominous graphics..just a masterclass in narrative laundering, where the weapons disappear, the violence is blurred, and reality is politely edited out.

In the mockumentary series “𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘞𝘦 𝘋𝘰 𝘐𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴” , satire meets something eerily predictive. One character in the show, 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯, is an “𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦”- doesn’t bite necks or sleep in coffins. He siphons life-force through the internet. Typing mundane, infuriating, or divisive comments from dozens of fake accounts, he explains how digital rage is now the modern day bloodletting. And while it’s meant to be viewed as just comedy, what it reveals is disturbingly accurate & very real…

In an age where 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 & 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺, there are entities- human & non-human, organic & synthetic, that function exactly as Colin functions on the series: as 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 across various social media platforms. Some are bored individuals & others are more deliberate- you post something uplifting, empowering, or paradigm-shifting, & suddenly here comes the hive-mind swarm: sarcastic hate, passive-aggressive “jokes,” & comment threads designed not to debate an actual point, but to pull you into the feeding/looshing loop…

So while the scene plays for laughs, it also showcases a deeper warning: 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦/ 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺. Not every post or comment deserves your attention. Not every harassment is from a human. And not every battle is yours to fight when the war is spiritual…

We stand in full support of Dr Rahmeh!

BREAKING

The Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jersualem have issued a letter CONDEMNING 'damaging ideologies' such as 'Christian Zionism'

In a stunning statement, they lament those who 'have misled the public' and who have an agenda which 'may harm the Christian presence in the Holy Land ane the wider Middle East'

@CatholicArena

There is a psychological phenomenon known as "Moral Fading." It happens when the ethical dimensions of a situation disappear from view, replaced by "logic," "security," or "necessity." This is the invisible engine of colonialism. It’s how a person can look at a report of a child in an oncology ward being exploited for a scam, or a father being humiliated in a prison cell, and feel... nothing.

What happens to a soul that must constantly justify the suffering of others to maintain its own peace?

Colonialism isn't just a political system; it is a psychological contract. It requires the "Witness"—those watching from the outside or living within the system—to accept a hierarchy of human value. In the case of Israeli society, this isn't an accident; it is a result of decades of meticulous programming. From the classroom to the conscription office, the "Other" is framed not as a neighbor, but as an existential threat. When a society is raised on a diet of perpetual victimhood and military worship, the suffering of Palestinians is transformed from a human tragedy into a "statistical necessity."

But this is the psychological trap: when you diminish the value of another person’s life to protect your own worldview, you inadvertently diminish your own humanity.

Friedrich Nietzsche once warned: "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you." By gazing into the abyss of occupation for so long—by justifying the unjustifiable in the name of "security"—the abyss has gazed back. To maintain the illusion of being "the most moral" while the world watches gang-rapes in Sde Teiman or the starvation of children in Gaza, you have to lie to yourself so deeply that you become the very thing you once feared.

This isn't an excuse for the silence; it is a diagnosis of collective moral decay. You cannot "mute" your heart for one group of people without losing your own capacity to feel. This is a form of spiritual suicide. They have become prisoners of their own indifference, trapped in a psychological cage where the only way to stay "sane" is to stay cold.

The indifference we see toward Palestine or the Global South isn't just a failure of politics; it’s a hardening of the heart that eventually turns inward. You cannot participate in the dehumanization of another without becoming a little less human yourself. In the end, the "othering" of Palestine hasn't just destroyed homes in Gaza; it has hollowed out the moral core of the society that perpetuates it.

The most philosophical act of resistance today is the stubborn, relentless refusal to be indifferent. The choice to keep your heart soft in a world that profits from making it hard. Because once you refuse to look away, the hierarchy collapses. You realize there is no "them" and "us"—there is only the shared, fragile thread of being human. And that thread is the only thing the monster can never truly cut.

[ Source: https://substack.com/@mirala/note/c-190650880]