Silencing Empathy: Who Benefits from Iran’s Online Backlash?

"The tidal wave of online hate on The Rant Network that is targeting Iranians is more vicious than anything we've seen in the past six years—even during COVID and the Biden era." After facing relentless noise, misinformation, and outright bigotry on social media, it's shocking to witness the sheer scale of hostility against people who’ve endured nearly five decades of oppression. In our latest episode, we dig into viral reactions and ask: Why has the conversation about Iran become a lightning rod for such intense animosity, and what does this reveal about the state of public discourse today?

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Transcript

Viral Backlash And Online Hate

SPEAKER_01 0:03

There we go. Here it is. We're back. Yep. That's it.

SPEAKER_00 0:11

Hey, Stuart, Stuart, Stuart. Hey, I got a question for you, buddy. Listen, I I got I gotta tell you, you and I started this whole thing, and we keep saying you keep repeating this six years ago, and I love it. Um, we started in the middle of COVID. We got some noise. We dealt with the Biden years, we got some noise. We dealt with October 7th, and we got a lot of noise, but I don't think we've ever gotten this much noise before from people who are looking to cause nothing but harm and shit. Wow, apparently, there are a lot of people out there, Stuart, who hate Iranians who hate what's who hate like what do they have against this? These poor people for 47 years have been oppressed. Stuart, I know I jumped into the middle of this, but like, what the hell? You did, yeah, man.

Sorting Facts From Noise

SPEAKER_01 1:05

You know, you know, what one of our podcasts in uh 48 hours had 113,549 views. You know, I I I gotta tell you, I was uh kind of caught off guard on that one, and uh, I gotta tell you that they are so interesting. You know, the amount of vile hatred that I can tell you exists in social media is literally unmatched to any other hate I've ever seen in my life, and I can't for the life of me understand the density of the brains of some of these people, like this Carter guy, you know. What happens when the oil names?

SPEAKER_00 1:56

I don't want to give Stuart, I don't want to give them names.

SPEAKER_01 1:58

I understand, I understand, but this one was just so funny, I just can't resist. And and it's like, what happens when the oil is all gone because Iran is not pumping the oil? Holy fucking oil is gone, Stuart. The oil is gone. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, David. I I sat and I responded to a lot of them, and I hear the nonsense like uh how Iran never invaded anyone, Iran never attacked anyone. I'm like, are these fucking people like the epitome of the planet? Like, how how much under a rock can you be living?

SPEAKER_00 2:39

I don't think it's under a rock. I I truly believe that these guys would rather lie to you so that you look somewhere else than look over here. They don't want to do it, they don't want to believe it.

SPEAKER_01 2:53

Listen, there's this one girl who puts down some interesting facts. I wanna I gotta read this. Iran is not an Arab country, correct? Correct, right? Israel is not a Christian nation, correct. Correct. The Jewish people practice Judaism, not Christianity. Yep, correct. In Israel, both Christianity and Islam are minority religions, but are the you know, are more Muslim than Christian. Iran actually has a larger Christian population than Israel. I thought that was interesting. There are more Arabs in Israel than there are Christians. Iranians speak Persian, farsi, and only a small speak.

SPEAKER_00 3:43

That was probably the most sensible, but that's the re but that's but that's but that's demographics, and there's somebody who took something and went online and said, Okay, show me the population breakdown in Iran, show me the population breakdown in Israel.

SPEAKER_01 3:57

I mean, you're talking you're talking about I got I gotta I gotta give you conversely, yes. Then there's this entrepreneurial school all time. I I mean, I where where this guy or girl got this name from. Stop lying to those uh US killing people everywhere.

SPEAKER_00 4:18

Stop lying. Oh, really?

SPEAKER_01 4:20

So what world leadership must stop boutiquing uh Trump in the US, China and Russia are big so they understand how for Israel. I I mean I can't even tell you.

Media Silence And Regime Change Lessons

SPEAKER_00 4:32

Stuart, you know what? I don't want to give these guys. I'll tell you, listen, they can come, guys. Please come on to therent network.com. Uh you can check out these videos. You can go to go to our YouTube channel. You can go to our YouTube channels, you can see what what people were saying, you can go on our Facebook, you can see the comments. But guys, let's let's get to the point here, okay? Here's the problem social media continues to feed you what you want to see. It's not really fact, it's not it's that you don't you're not gonna get facts unless you dig for it. And I gotta tell you something, Stuart. Let's talk about fact number one. Tens of millions of Iranians around the world celebrated the death of the Ayatollah Khamini. Celebrated. You don't do that unless there is a reason. You know, it's interesting. There was uh one reporter, just I'm I'm I'm diverting for a little bit, but this is this is to show you the stupidity, right? When Trump uh went down and took out Maduro, all you heard was focusing on what? Oh, it was illegal, how dare he, he can't do that, yada, dah. You notice no one's saying a word anymore, right? It's gone super quiet. Why did that happen is because suddenly life in Venezuela is actually a lot better. And a reporter, a reporter, I believe it was from CNN, I don't remember 100% where they're from, had to admit that they flew down to Venezuela, checked it out, and people were living normal, they were commenting how wonderful life is. Once you got rid of a dictator, suddenly the media is quiet, everybody's quiet, you're not allowed to say it. And here we are in Iran, where if you look around you and you're saying it's you know, look, you get the usual blame. It's America's fault, the big Satan, it's Israel's fault, the little Satan. You get all this nonsense. Oh, Benjamin Netanyahu twisted Trump's stupid little brain and got him to attack. Now you got to understand something. Did you think that Trump just sat there going, yeah, yeah, yeah, let's go do this? No, no, no. There's tremendous implications in what you're talking about. Choking up the Strait of Hormuz, regime change, alliances in the Middle East. You the the the depths of stupidity that people have when they make remarks like, oh no, no, no, this is Israel's war, and they just twisted America. America doesn't want war. We get it. But you know what America wants less, Stuart? What do you think they want less? What threats to their lives on American soil? You have that right now. I just want to understand something. This is supposed to be Israel's war, but how many thousands of Americans have died thanks to the Iran, these this Iranian regime? No, we won't talk about that because no, no, that will give you know legitimacy to our good friend Mr. Uh um you know Mr. Trump. Even uh, I think it was uh Schiff. What's his name? What's I forgot the so he was on Bill Maher.

SPEAKER_01 7:28

Durbin, Durbin, Schiff, what are you talking about?

SPEAKER_00 7:31

No, no, no, no. Listen, I think it was Schiff was on Bill Maher's show, and Bill Maher was talking about you know, president's legitimacy to attack one at will, and Schiff was thinking, you know, oh my god, good, we're talking about Trump, we're gonna squash Trump. And we Marr said is no, no, I'm not talking about Trump. I'm paraphrasing, I'm talking about Obama. Obama legitimizes attacking on Libya without having to go to Congress.

SPEAKER_01 7:54

And what's interesting is you when you get the feeds on this, no, you know, you're you're talking about uh what's his name, the leader of the Democratic Party.

U.S. Policy, War Powers, And Blame

SPEAKER_00 8:04

Um Democratic Party, but what's his name? Uh look it up. What I'm just saying is that this is this is this is the height of stupidity is that people in the Democratic Party are trying we're trying to convince you uh Kim Jeffries, Joquet Jeffries, and his response, and his response was why are you bringing up something that's irrelevant? Stuart, I'm talking about Bill Maher's show, not what he said in the press conference.

SPEAKER_01 8:31

Got it.

SPEAKER_00 8:31

Bill Marr basically fleeced Adam Schiff in on his show because he thought that he was he was going after Obama uh after Trump, and it was really Obama. Obama said he could he attacked without having to go to Congress. And it's interesting, but when you bring this up to people, what it what to these these haters, what are they gonna say to you? These damn Zionists, these damn Jews, these damn Americans, these damn Republicans. You know, if you look at what it is, what is interesting about the comments is there are so few with who actually even bothered to put a fact in there. All they put in was you guys are bastards, you guys are are baby killers, you guys are it's all the nonsensical left, hard right stupidity that we've seen like countless times, and it doesn't go away. What's being ignored is that you've got, like I said, tens of millions of Iranians celebrating regime change. You got that in Venezuela, can no, no, you get this now in Iran, but all we're gonna focus on is how can we blame the Jews for the problems of the entire world? Oil steward is what over 100 bucks right now?

SPEAKER_01 9:45

Yeah, yep, yep.

SPEAKER_00 9:48

Yeah, it's the Zionists' fault. It's the Zionist fault, you know, it's Trump's fault. Um, you know, Kamala Harris says America doesn't want this war. Um, I don't think Kamala Harris knows what America wants because she lost it in a sad, sad, sadden election. But she knows what America wants. She's still talking about uh tampon tim and the idea of putting you know tampons in men's bathrooms, transgender rights, because that's what America wants, not freedom from terrorism. You know, Stuart, let me ask you one more question. How much fun has it been to travel nowadays to going through security and all this kind of stuff? That is thanks to your friends of the Iranian regime. You know, when you think about all this stuff, if you are so happy, go to go go move to the Middle East. But on American soil and Canadian soil store, I don't know about you, but I love these haters to all pick up their bags and move to those countries and enjoy your time over there.

Facts, Not Slogans: Iran And Oil

SPEAKER_01 10:48

You know, I I I don't think you're wrong by you know saying this. Uh, you know, I I think that we we need to really take a moment here and let's look at some facts because you're right, some of these people are just you know hooked on uh phonics, right? 2008 oil went to 147 a barrel. 2008. You know, um 2022 oil went to 120 plus dollars a barrel. You know, so the current price is really in line with any type of instability, it's not from a shortage of oil. I believe it's more of marketeers taking profit where they can, uh, and it's more political and financial than it is actual oil running out. Uh, and and you know, the the wonderful people that live in a world where the social media is as far as they get as far as intelligence. I gotta tell you, all they have to do is download Chat GPT and they'll get a left version of reality, but yeah, reality all the same. These people aren't even picking up any sort of reality.

unknown 12:15

Of course not.

SPEAKER_01 12:16

I I just don't get it. Well, because I just don't I just don't get it, you know, 250,000 views in 48 hours. That outperformed the truckers, okay. That outperformed our COVID, that outperformed our our downing of the tower here in South Florida, Champlain. I just can't for the life of me.

SPEAKER_00 12:41

I'll tell you why. Why tell you why? Trump derangement syndrome and hate of Jews, when you put those two together, has a powerful impact. Let's think about this, right? What why are they upset? Because they didn't get what they wanted. These haters didn't get what they wanted.

SPEAKER_01 12:58

What did they want?

SPEAKER_00 12:59

First of all, they wanted Israel to be isolated and and absolutely squashed after attacking Iran. How many Jewish states are there, David? You know, if anybody doesn't know that there's only one, then sorry, get off our channel. But here's the thing: these haters wanted Israel and the United States to be isolated. They were desperate for this. That the Arab nations would not fight with Israel, that the Arab nations would rebel again against Israel, and there would be no peace, and Israel would be forced into a terrifyingly bad agreement. It didn't work in Gaza, and it's not working here. And they were praying to God that Trump would be so badly isolated on a global stage, that Russia and China and North Korea would emerge as these great superpowers, and the United States would be isolated, and Trump would get what he deserved. How are we doing with both of those, by the way? The Iranians are absolutely unbelievably shocked how Arabs like the UAE fought back. UAE fought back on Iran. You know, Qatar fought back on Iran. You've got Turkey wondering what the hell is that.

SPEAKER_01 14:09

Oh, you have the Iranian minister going on national television that they keep parading on CNN, stating that we're not attacking uh the Arab Peninsula uh or our neighbors, you know, when they're blowing up hotels, killing Pakistani nationals, uh, and taking out hotels. Now they're saying they're trying to attack American infrastructure. I don't know, those two Pakistani families, you know, uh, I think that they really hit it real good, didn't they now, Dave?

Unlikely Alliances Across The Middle East

SPEAKER_00 14:41

Well, but still, but this is this is the depths of hate. This is the depths of hate. In the meantime, you know, you you Americans who who continue to hate us and what I and you we continue to tell you how wonderful a country that you live in, and you get the free speech, whatever. So the Iranian women's soccer team were just they didn't sing the their the national anthem at the and and they're now like the the uh the threats that are being thrown at them from the regime is off the charts, and you think this is what what what I do the people who claim to fight uh for women's rights and gay rights and African American rights and all that, you can all go fuck yourself. You're so full of shit with what you're trying to pull off here when if you're not yelling and screaming right now in the streets and you see this all the time, week in, week out, you have Iranians in the streets protesting against the regime side by side with Jews, Muslims, and Jews together. It must drive you crazy.

SPEAKER_01 15:45

Oh, in Alabama, they were dancing in the street with Israeli and Iranian flags singing the song uh death to the Ayatollah. It was crazy.

SPEAKER_00 15:57

And you know, this is it's it's it's it's worldwide, Stuart, and it's been like this for they're not covering it on the media, dude. No, because because because you because they want to show you because but but you know it's interesting here in Montreal, they showed the anti. Oh, look at the difference. The anti, the anti arranged, these anti, you know, these these pro-regimists, and look how and so the media needs to twist it because this is a good news story, Stuart, and that's what you haters can't stand. There's a good news story where Muslims and Jews agree on something and are together on this and are allied on this, and in both cases, it's the same theme, Stuart, about humanity, it's about humanity, and that drives them crazy. These haters don't know what to do with this, and then you tag on top of it UAE, Qatar, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Turkey. Well, Turkey, we don't know where that Erdogan guy is.

SPEAKER_01 16:58

Well, Erdogan is an anti-Semite. I mean, he's the guy that's sponsored if you're a martyr, you get a free flight.

SPEAKER_00 17:04

But but I'm saying to you right now, Arabs, Jews, and then the Muslims of Iran are all in in unison. This isn't the first Gulf War when Jews were told to stay and Israel was told to stay on the sideline because they were afraid that the Arab alliance would fall apart. This time around, it's arm in arm. And I'll tell you, I'll give you an example. In order for the Israeli jets to get to Iran, what do you think they have to fly over? Syria, Saudi Arabia, they can't get there directly, otherwise. So, what do you think is going on right now?

SPEAKER_01 17:38

Uh David, can I borrow your airspace and uh go blow the shit out of a terrorist organization?

SPEAKER_00 17:46

Um so to all our haters out there, we want to thank you. We want to thank you.

SPEAKER_01 17:51

This cup's for you, buddy.

SPEAKER_00 17:53

Because you just put us out on the map and only to prove, and I gotta tell you, Stuart, I got comments over the weekend. Keep it up, guys, because you're pissing off these haters to such an extent, it's gonna drive them nuts.

Protests, Women’s Rights, And Hypocrisy

SPEAKER_01 18:08

You know, I and to think that I wanted to start off today on a completely different turn, I wanted to, you know, demonstrate how silly and stupid and David, you prevented me from calling them names. Well, because then you didn't but without those multimediates, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, but without those fucking idiots putting their wonderful comments down, and by the way, give us more, please. Because all you're doing is showing how small-minded and and and silly that you are, because if you lived under a rock, you'd be able to debunk every single comment you guys put again. I can't keep up with hundreds of thousands of comments, and to be brutally honest with you, David, you didn't help me enough on responding.

SPEAKER_00 18:56

But I'm not gonna respond because I don't I don't believe in responding to idiots. So here's the thing, folks, to show you, and we'll wrap it up right over here to show you to what extent the Iranian regime has learned nothing. The aisle uh uh the uh the Aytol Khomini's son has been installed as the new supreme leader. If there's anything that's interesting to note, is that every time there was a new leader that was installed by Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, that was your death wish. And so, once again, these guys really truly believe that they are above reality.

SPEAKER_01 19:31

But but you forgot the most important fact. That's not an important fact, that's just that's just interesting. It's the important fact is the the the late Ayatollah never wanted his son to take power, and you want to know what, Stuart?

SPEAKER_00 19:45

I'll show you the arrogance also of Ali Khamenei is that he was you know what he he bel he didn't believe he was touchable, and so did these haters. There was no way we're going after so he assembled everybody under one roof in a world of zoom. He put us all on put them all under one roof, and he Israel blew the crap out of them. My message to the new Ayatollah watch watch your back, and to you haters, when he's gone and you'll be back cursing us mercilessly, that Zionists are ruining the region. I don't know about you, but those candies and celebrations keep happening, not in Israel, but in the rest of the world. Stuart, let's go say goodbye.

SPEAKER_01 20:27

Okay, every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, noon Eastern, we're here counting it down noon Eastern and all those little sniffs. We talk to you later, guys.

SPEAKER_00 20:36

Oh you nasties.

SPEAKER_01 20:40

What, David?