Leaders in Iran are cheering on the Occupy Wall Street movement, in hopes that it will destroy evil Western capitalism. Gen. Masoud Jazayeri of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says, “A revolution and a comprehensive movement against corruption in the U.S. is in the making. The last phase will be the collapse of the Western capitalist system.”
The irony of that is that Occupy Wall Street would never be allowed to demonstrate in Iran. Neither would the Tea Party, for that matter. In Iran, dissent is not patriotic -- it’s illegal. Even portraying the country in a negative light in a film is punishable by jail time and lashings.
Iranian actress Marzieh Vafamehr has been sentenced to 90 lashes and a year in prison for her work in My Tehran for Sale, a movie that depicts Iran in a negative light. The 2009 film is about a young woman who is forced to live a secret life in Tehran after authorities ban her theatre work.
In the movie, Ms. Vafamehr appears with a shaved head and no headscarf, and even (gasp!) drinks alcohol. Both are big no-nos in the religion of Islam and illegal in Iran. There is also a scene (which can be seen in the trailer) in which young people dancing at a nightclub are captured by the police and beaten.
Sure, Iran. Convince the world that you’re anti-violence by beating a woman for depicting government officials beating women. See how that works out for you.
The theocracy in Iran has a long history of employing brutal violence to subdue and control the public. This is a regime that stones rape victims to death for ‘adultery.’ They kill Christians that have converted from Islam. They hang teenage girls for defending themselves against a rapist.
The Iranian government is violent, oppressive, and downright awful. People involved with a cause supported by Iran should ask him or herself what the heck they’re doing there.
I’m looking at you, Wall Street Occupiers.
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People involved in any way with the
Christian church should ask themselves
what the heck they're doing.
I'm looking at you Christian conservatives.
(in others words-more hypocrisy from Ms. Erickson. Jenny have you met that kettle yet?)
The irony of that is that Occupy Wall Street would never be allowed to demonstrate in Iran.
Exactly. Which is why I cannot understand why free people exercising their constitutional rights bothers you so much. You didn't seem to have a problem when the Tea Partiers were yelling and screaming at politicians at town hall meetings. But, when a group whose beliefs differ from yours speaks out, you are terrified. If enough people disagree with them, they will go away right? How can they be a threat to anything you hold so sacred if they are so wrong? All you good, upstanding, REAL Americans will surely shut them up with your righteousness soon enough.
Iran supports Occupy Wallstreet. The KKK supports the Tea Party.
This article was one giant example of a fallacy of logic. Murderers like to eat food, so we should probably stop doing something that such a despicable group support.
Side note: If you can't see the middle ground, politically or otherwise, you aren't thinking hard enough.
Whoa Butterfly...your depiction of Christians is way off, especially since your examples are from the Old Testament. The New Testament says that Christ came and showed love to EVERYONE (hence the term "Christian"), which negated those aforementioned laws.
Sorry, I got side-tracked...what was the question?
Oh yeah, WHO CARES what other people think about us?! We finally have some young folks out there taking up a cause to better the future of their country. All hope is not lost! Power to the people!
@billsfan: No one has the right to protest without being called racist or told to go to hell, they have the right to protest, and others have the right to call them names. Free speech is a beautiful and infuriating thing like that.
Also, my point was very obviously not clear, so I'll try again: Occupy Wall St is stupid, but Iran's support has nothing to do with why. Some one you hate can still like the thing you like, just like the murderers and their food.
The Billionaire Koch brothers donate very large sums of money to the Tea Party movement and they have been linked to some very racist organizations, including the KKK
And again, why is it okay for Jenny to name call and call entire groups of people douchebags, ect but she should be shielded from the same treatment?
Billsfan-I'm sorry some protestors treated you like that. I'm also sorry that when walking past a teaparty rally with my gay best friend we were called libtards, socialists, baby killers, ect. He was also screamed at and called a 'faggot' and a sodomite. All because we said no thank you to their information because we were democrats and didn't agree with the movement.