- Global warming isn't real, and if it is, definitely not caused by fossil fuels: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/18/the-forg...
- PFAS are totally safe, trust DuPont https://time.com/6284266/pfas-forever-chemicals-manufacturer...
- Opioids are not addictive, in fact, you need more of them to "manage" your pain, trust us, Purdue Pharma, and our very reliable studies: https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/bioethics/ar...
Those fraudulent studies happened in "free" countries, sponsored by mega-corporations. And, if we are talking about Iranian repression, it's worth mentioning that in our "free" countries at the moment if you say the truth: that Israel is doing a genocide in Gaza, you can easily get arrested or worse (sometimes without due process).
One could also argue that the heating/burning planet we are having right now, the toxic water runoff that can't be rid of forever chems are much more harmful for life on earth than some backwards religious fundamentalists that suppress any dissent in their backwards medieval country (Iran). ON the topic of religious fundamentalism, the US, instead of looking at Iran, should maybe worry about its very own rise of religious fundamentalism and rampant repression and dissent-squashing tactics of its own government.
Can it be possible to do both:
- Worry about the quality of questionable studies done in a repressed country like Iran
- At the same time as doubting the veracity of corporate-sponsored studies done at the behest of all-powerful multinationals in "free" countries like the US.