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(Originally posted on: 09-26-07 08:41:04 AM)
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In our modern age of political correctness and presenting one's anus to any "protected minority" in the Western world, it is always likened to a nuclear bomb exploding whenever someone has the chance to espouse opinions contrary to that on a recognized medium. This nuclear bomb was President Ahmadinejad's speech monday night to the hooping and hollering rabble at Columbia University. Now, we all (I'm assuming none of us live in 3rd world countries like Portugal or Nigeria) already have a pretty good bias against the Iranian President by virtue of the fact that we live in the West, but really, did we, as in the pejorative, have to stuff words in his mouth to make a political point?
Last monday, if you didn't hear, Ahmadenijad, according to both FOX and CNN, reportedly "denied the existence of homosexuals in Iran" and drummed up the shit-storm that followed that statement and many others. Far be it from me to criticize the talking heads of the media, but did Ahmadenijad really deny the existence of homosexuals in his country, or did they make up that line for him?
From the first link to FOX, you can clearly read the translation of what the Iranian leader said as follows: "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country,". Taken at its basic appearance, yes, this seems to follow their line of logic, but look at it again with emphasis this time: "In Iran we don't have homosexuals like in your country,".
Hidden in open view, there is a subtle distinction from what media outlets are currently blasting. The Iranian leader made a distinction between Western homosexuals who parade around in the streets, actively lobby for legislation giving them ceremonial "marriages", and even mock religious symbols and ideals. Whereas in Iran, homosexuals do not advertise their sexuality in open public and are in fact reppressed by the regime in accordance with the Revolutionary Islamic Gaurd statutes. But yet is this given the light of day?
No. It is not the job of the media to report what is actually said, it is their job to provide what people in the society want to hear. People expected him to say evil things, things that are contrary to what we have been brainwashed to expect to see in public. Things like "I think gays are great people!" or some other script taken straight from the Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles. This bullshit, along with the obvious attempts at propagandizing and discrediting Ahmadenijad, are far, far more disgusting than anything he actually said himself. Further, I think that this media system we have here is little different than all of the "unfair and biased" "state-approved" outlets we are so quick to scoff at in Iran.
What do you think? Did the media machine in this country unfairly depict and judge this man to brainwash the American public against him, or did depict him in a most "fair and unbiased" way?
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