theHRguy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTIL: The Phrase “Death To America” Didn’t exist Before the CIA Overthrew the Iranian Government for Nationalizing their Oil in 1953medium.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1423arrow-down123
arrow-up1400arrow-down1external-linkTIL: The Phrase “Death To America” Didn’t exist Before the CIA Overthrew the Iranian Government for Nationalizing their Oil in 1953medium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoWell, I looked into it and found credible sources that support @AllNewTypeFace’s claim, so I’m going to believe them. https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=31116 https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/1558/929
minus-square【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·7 months agoRight I know that’s the translation. But they do mean they want America to be destroyed/gone/dead/whatever. And they are willing to kill Americans and attack American interests if they can.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoToo much of a leap. The idea that everyone who says down with a regime is willing to kill people over it, doesn’t really hold water for me.
Well, I looked into it and found credible sources that support
@AllNewTypeFace’s claim, so I’m going to believe them.
https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=31116
https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/1558/929
Right I know that’s the translation. But they do mean they want America to be destroyed/gone/dead/whatever. And they are willing to kill Americans and attack American interests if they can.
Too much of a leap.
The idea that everyone who says down with a regime is willing to kill people over it, doesn’t really hold water for me.