Where Dissent Really Is Dangerous

Opinion Journal ^ | 10/09/07 | James Taranto

[Kid Shelleen]

To chants of 'death to the dictator,' hundreds of Iranian students have mounted a vociferous protest against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad," London's Telegraph reports:

The demonstration at Teheran University, where the president gave a speech opening the academic year, drove home the depth of his domestic unpopularity --snip-- It's a reminder, too, of just what phonies and blowhards our American "dissenters" are. They know it takes no courage to oppose a democratic government that holds freedom of speech sacrosanct. So they spin lurid fantasies of authoritarianism in order to convince themselves of their own bravery.

[G8 Diplomat]

It's a reminder, too, of just what phonies and blowhards our American "dissenters" are.

Phony dissenters!

[Billthedrill]

It's a reminder, too, of just what phonies and blowhards our American "dissenters" are. They know it takes no courage to oppose a democratic government that holds freedom of speech sacrosanct. So they spin lurid fantasies of authoritarianism in order to convince themselves of their own bravery.

Precisely what I'm thinking when I watch the little clutch of black-clad idiots march with their "V" masks on.

[ARE SOLE]

Where Dissent Really Is Dangerous

Unlike the cowards that demonstrate in free countries with bandanas covering thier faces. How brave, how revolutionary. Wimps.

Regards

[ARE SOLE]

Where Dissent Really Is Dangerous

Unlike the cowards that demonstrate in free countries with bandanas covering thier faces. How brave, how revolutionary. Wimps.

Regards

[tennteacher]

Nice point. Kinda puts people like Chris Matthews in perspective - he who pats himself on the back for being bravely outspoken and feels tormented by occasional criticism. Oh, the humanity.

[Beckwith]

Is it possible that the 100 demonstrators were organized by the government of Iran to demonstrate to the world that they don’t stifle dissent?

After all, Iranians are being arrested daily for lesser offenses.

[Beckwith]

Is it possible that the 100 demonstrators were organized by the government of Iran to demonstrate to the world that they don’t stifle dissent?

After all, Iranians are being arrested daily for lesser offenses.

[nuconvert]

The NYTimes put it at 50, Reuters said a few dozen, AP said 100,....here’s a video. It’s a lot MORE, but no one wants to admit it. And no, they aren’t hired by the regime.

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-5475787299438292437&q=tehran+university&total=122&start=0&num=10&so=1&type=search&plindex=0

[Sword_Svalbardt]

Yup!

[G8 Diplomat]

I was watching a clip on YouTube of the nutjob’s Columbia speech and one of the comments was “I would vote for Ahmadinejad in the next election. I really would.”

Holy sh-t what kind of leftist traitors live in this country??! A lot of the comments were IN SUPPORT of the nutjob, saying that his “wipe Israel off the map” comments were a lie propagated by the US media, and accusing the US of an “illegal occupation” in Iraq instead of commending us for killing terrorists and keeping these assholes’ butts safe.

So this is what we have here in America. In Tehran, in the face of danger, these students will stand up to someone they know is an evil dictator because they actually have to live under his rule every day, and protest against him. The decadence and detachment of the American people from real life is making them stupid and producing idiots who would vote for Ahmadinejad. Just amazing...(in the bad sense).