At Weasel Zippers and Flopping Aces, they document that the Left, in the form of Raw Story, takes offense at Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers cheering on the protesters in a video who beat the snot out of a Basij militia thug. The video here:
Of course, the guy getting beat had just been running people down with his motorcycle, pounding on them with a baton, or shooting them. Whoever it was that wrote the Raw Story piece concluded with;
Personally speaking, I’m appalled that anyone could cheer a mob kicking a guy on the ground, but I guess that’s why I’m just a silly liberal who admires the kind of non-violent protests practiced by Dr. Martin Luther King and Gandhi.
Yeah, King and Gandhi weren’t facing bloodthirsty thugs like the militia in Tehran. Things in the US south were pretty bad in 60s, but they weren’t as bad as they are right now in Iran. It’s amazing to me how the Left seem to be the arbiters of how much pain other people should withstand.
It was Noreiga’s militia that beat with two-by-fours the legally-elected President of Panama, Guillermo Ford, in broad daylight, in front of CNN cameras because he wasn’t Noriega’s choice. It was Chavez’ militia that shot scores of Venezuelans a few years back because they opposed Chavez’ proposed reforms.
Even some of the commenters at the Raw Story article disagree with Raw Story’s naive view of the world;
Eric
I’m all for peaceful protest, which is exactly what these people were TRYING to do before the Basij thugs started running at them on motorcycles wielding batons (and worse) on cowardly hit-and-run missions.
Sorry that I can’t share in your angst over the Basiji’s fate, and yes, I’ll cheer them on, too.
SarahW
Why should they chase down thugs attacking peaceful protestors. So wrong. They should just stand there and let girls like Neda get shot in the heart.
Natasha
Oh, absolutely! Those vicious, evil Iranian citizens! They’re attacked and slaughtered for conducting peaceful protests, but that doesn’t give them the right to now defend themselves. They shouldn’t lash out at the murderous basij. They should hold hands with them and sing Kumbaya.
/sarcasm off
At least they’re not all brainless clods.
“I’m just a silly liberal who admires the kind of non-violent protests practiced by Dr. Martin Luther King and Gandhi.”
This guy is the sort who deserves a Ghengis Khan horde in his living room.
Dr.King and enema freak & racist Ghandi’s tactics worked against oppressors in societies that had laws that worked against their criminal shortcomings & imperialism. If they would’ve tried their non-violence against out and out genocidal leaders like Stalin, Hitler, or Mao they’d have ended up as dust piles in a concentration camp crematorium.
Umm….John:
Hate to blog pimp, but I put up a passionate response to Raw Story.
http://doubleplusundead.mee.nu/excuse_me_if_i_dont_give_a_flying_fuck_what_you_think
I encourage revolutionary violence. If Selena invites fascist bloggers to the Iraq Veterans Against War convention again, it might go beyond a war of words.
Jonn wrote: Don’t let your mouth write checks your narrow ass can’t cash, junior.