Why the hell is it always a fucking conspiracy?
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." -JFK
What people are having difficulty divorcing are the concepts of religion and politics. It's been a problem since Sep. 11, and it persists in the minds of Americans today. Why the fuck can't we stop talking about the threat of Islamists or opportunities for terrorists training camps and for once focus on the the issue at hand: the fight for freedom and justice in Egypt.
For 30 years, the Egyptian people have been victims of a corrupt and stunted regime under President Hosni Mubarak. And they want out. It's simple as. And should they not have the right to revolt-to forge the path of their own destiny?
There has been no sign of Muslim fundamentalism driving the protest movement. So why does American media keep insisting upon the subject?
Because it wants to curb the materialization of sympathy in American sentiment; because it wishes to eclipse the struggle and courage of the Egyptian people; because it insists on propagating this image of Islam it has worked so hard on for the past nine years.
Mohamed ElBaradei said, I salute the youth for overturning a pharaonic power, lovers of human freedom everywhere must be thrilled.
It's embarrassing, really.
This past Saturday I attended a solidarity protest with a few friends in downtown Chicago in front of the Egyptian consulate. It was incredible. The energy and the determination in the crowd was so potent. We were all Egyptians that day.
"Tahya Misr." Free Egypt.
Please do yourself a favor: follow Al Jazeera if you want intelligent information.
What people are having difficulty divorcing are the concepts of religion and politics. It's been a problem since Sep. 11, and it persists in the minds of Americans today. Why the fuck can't we stop talking about the threat of Islamists or opportunities for terrorists training camps and for once focus on the the issue at hand: the fight for freedom and justice in Egypt.
For 30 years, the Egyptian people have been victims of a corrupt and stunted regime under President Hosni Mubarak. And they want out. It's simple as. And should they not have the right to revolt-to forge the path of their own destiny?
There has been no sign of Muslim fundamentalism driving the protest movement. So why does American media keep insisting upon the subject?
Because it wants to curb the materialization of sympathy in American sentiment; because it wishes to eclipse the struggle and courage of the Egyptian people; because it insists on propagating this image of Islam it has worked so hard on for the past nine years.
Mohamed ElBaradei said, I salute the youth for overturning a pharaonic power, lovers of human freedom everywhere must be thrilled.
It's embarrassing, really.
This past Saturday I attended a solidarity protest with a few friends in downtown Chicago in front of the Egyptian consulate. It was incredible. The energy and the determination in the crowd was so potent. We were all Egyptians that day.
"Tahya Misr." Free Egypt.
Please do yourself a favor: follow Al Jazeera if you want intelligent information.