I feel like jumping off a rooftop.
Was just listening to BBC world service and they talked to some Iranians. One was laila, in the UK. She said she would have (or did) vote for ahmedinejad - because he's not a mullah. She voted for the most extreme candidate because he doesn't wear a turban, even though he's more extreme than many who wore turbans. She also said he said what he felt, he's honest, poor, humble, etc... A straight shooter, if you will. OMG. This all started before an account from an Iranian youth in Tehran, and she seemed surprised at why they were protesting and didn't vote for ahmadinejad. Oh yeah, she also said she doesn't know Mousavi and that he lived in American. Holy shit. The guy was PM during the eighties and hasn't left Iran. This is like the Iranian equivalent of the Obama birth certificate thing.
The other schmuck against the protestors was some other Iranian (also outside Iran...) saying his parents live in a small village or city and they're going about their lives and there are no problems, this is just Tehran. Then he says this is all about rafsanjani and laila jumps in to agree. This is true to some extent, but wow to just discredit all those people out in the streets like that. There was also condemnation of the 'violence' even though it's the government fascist militia that's been doing it. Some burned buses and trash cans and motorcycles are the exception to hundreds of thousands if not a million that protested peacefully.
Fuck this really got on my nerves. Every once in a while I read or hear from people things so stupid, ignorant, and disgusting that I lose faith in everything.
Think though, the majority of people everywhere are this stupid. In a country like Iran, closed off and religious, wow... Liberal/secular Iranians have their work cut out for them.
A lot of misinformation and rumors are coming out of Iran, take everything with a grain of salt.
Was just listening to BBC world service and they talked to some Iranians. One was laila, in the UK. She said she would have (or did) vote for ahmedinejad - because he's not a mullah. She voted for the most extreme candidate because he doesn't wear a turban, even though he's more extreme than many who wore turbans. She also said he said what he felt, he's honest, poor, humble, etc... A straight shooter, if you will. OMG. This all started before an account from an Iranian youth in Tehran, and she seemed surprised at why they were protesting and didn't vote for ahmadinejad. Oh yeah, she also said she doesn't know Mousavi and that he lived in American. Holy shit. The guy was PM during the eighties and hasn't left Iran. This is like the Iranian equivalent of the Obama birth certificate thing.
The other schmuck against the protestors was some other Iranian (also outside Iran...) saying his parents live in a small village or city and they're going about their lives and there are no problems, this is just Tehran. Then he says this is all about rafsanjani and laila jumps in to agree. This is true to some extent, but wow to just discredit all those people out in the streets like that. There was also condemnation of the 'violence' even though it's the government fascist militia that's been doing it. Some burned buses and trash cans and motorcycles are the exception to hundreds of thousands if not a million that protested peacefully.
Fuck this really got on my nerves. Every once in a while I read or hear from people things so stupid, ignorant, and disgusting that I lose faith in everything.
Think though, the majority of people everywhere are this stupid. In a country like Iran, closed off and religious, wow... Liberal/secular Iranians have their work cut out for them.
effzee said:Do you have a link?
A lot of misinformation and rumors are coming out of Iran, take everything with a grain of salt.