Rick Steves on Iran (From his Facebook page)

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21. Any country will have their conservatives, moderates, liberals, and any mix in between

Just like America. I wouldn't want people around the world to judge Americans based on our deplorables, bigots, and white nationalists.

A disturbing number of Americans have become radicalized online to be a dangerous threat to other Americans, yet we can't call them terrorists because we reserve that label for perceived foreigners. RW American politicians and religious leaders use the threat of dangerous foreigners coming to kill us as a way to manipulate their people into accepting the most unacceptable policies and propaganda. Same with RW Iranian politicians and hard line religious leaders telling people for decades that American sanctions and hostility is to blame for every problem.

Without mentioning any country or demographic of people, if you post online that "we are more alike than we are different", you will see a hostile reaction from deplorable RWers who think diversity is ruining this country. Iran's religious bigots felt western influence was ruining their country before the revolution, so they chose an extreme "return to traditional values".