After seeing the brave demonstrations of women all over Iran lighting cigarettes with burning pictures of the dictatorial ayatollah, I’m inspired to take up smoking. It’s an incredibly brave display of resistance. You know, the kind of resistance progressives told us was ideal — until they ignored it occurring on the streets of Iran.

Right now, the Left is silent as actual violence is occurring in the streets of Tehran and dozens of other cities and towns throughout Iran. The people have had enough of the regime, and they, some estimates say in the millions, are marching in the streets risking life and limb to make their voices seen and heard.

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The seeing and hearing part is hard, though, considering that the internet and cell service have been shut down by the government. Estimates suggest that up to 12,000 people have been killed in the process of millions of Iranians advocating for an end to the decadeslong mistreatment of their nation. Thousands are likely beaten, arrested, or worse. The images of the protests and their fallout, including makeshift morgues with mothers looking for........

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