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		frellus 30 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30k, According t... Can we stop calling this a "protest" and start calling it a revolutionary uprising? Because that's what it is seems it is to me.

orwin 30 days ago [–]

What's the difference? they protested the government, got shot at. Then after a few month of getting killed while protesting, they chose to retaliate. Is it when the protesters retaliate that you call a protest an uprising?

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