Comments on: Will the left respond to Ahmadinejad’s homophobic insanity?

By: Anne Lieberman

Anne Lieberman — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:35:44 +0000

Caroline Glick in the Jerusalem Post:

“… what was said … at Columbia is of no consequence whatsoever. What matters is that by inviting Ahmadinejad to its campus, Columbia University announced that supporting or opposing the genocide of the Jews is a legitimate topic for discussion. In so doing, as an institution Columbia has taken itself beyond the pale of legitimate discourse. As an institution, Columbia has embraced depravity by renouncing the intrinsic sanctity of human life.”

Amen.

By: KarenT

KarenT — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:56:56 +0000

I’m sorry no one at Columbia was bright enough to pair the Little President with an Iranian dissident for a real debate. Now I wonder how many on the Left are aware of how press reports concerning his performance are being “sanitized” in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East. I wish it were possible to sit some of our university students down to analyze the differences between the speech as it happened and as it is being presented to the Muslim world.

Convenient to have a crack-down on critical journalism in Iran just as this event hits the news.

By: Barbara Skolaut

Barbara Skolaut — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:20:43 +0000

Nuts. That was supposed to be The Mad Mullahs(tm) – but with the “tm” symbol. It showed up OK in preview….

By: Barbara Skolaut

Barbara Skolaut — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:07:20 +0000

Of course, Ahma-dinnah-jacket is absolutely right – they don’t have any homosexuals in Iran (that they know about).

The Mad Mullahs‚Ñ¢ and Idiot-dinnah-jacket MURDERED THEM ALL.

By: Neighborhood Bully

Neighborhood Bully — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:01:26 +0000

OK, so we all had a nice chuckle at Ahmadinejad’s expense. Who cares? This guy is a nut and a dangerous one at that. The lesson to be taken from this guy is we need to have the determination not to let his ilk get the last laugh. Unfortunately, I doubt we have the stomach for that and rectifying the situation will cost many lives.

By: Jack Tanner

Jack Tanner — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:59:07 +0000

I think this may be a problem of defining our terms. He may mean ìflamingî homosexual.

No – he means ‘living’ homosexual

By: actor212

actor212 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:39:56 +0000

Errrrr, what part of an Ivy League audience laughing out loud in a clearly mocking tone, one that got thru Ahmadinejad's translation filter and hit him in Farsi, was not enough of a "left response" for ya, RogerHell?

By: Cecil Turner

Cecil Turner — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:59:51 +0000

But the, as you say, I'm delusional. Nope. Roger is right. The full (81 minute) video is available here. Or you can just refer to the transcript here (I watched it: where it says "applause," there is, in fact, applause). Notably, there was applause after repeated claims of Iran as a peace-loving nation, a victim rather than a sponsor of terrorism, and refusal to make a straight answer on whether Iran seeks the destruction of Israel (along with an equivocation about studying the Holocaust . . . presumably to determine if it actually happened). Moreover, the "tough questioning" glossed over his repeated [risible] claims that Iran's nuclear program was intended for peaceful purposes and certified as such by the IAEA. Except for the introduction, and the brief bit of derisive laughter over the "we don't have homosexuals" nonsense, he was afforded a respectful platform for his propaganda efforts. And, at least for the most important one (the potential casus belli of the Iranian nuclear weapons program), they were fairly successful.

By: John Moore ( Useful Fools )

John Moore ( Useful Fools ) — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:03:44 +0000

Once again we are treated to the glaring irrationality of todays “liberals.” In the Clinton years, their defense of Bill de-legitimatized radical feminism. Their relixive multi-culturalist belief that America is always bad and our enemies always right has kept them from properly responding to the extreme anti-liberal behavior of Islamist regimes and groups. They are so confused about Bush, and about war waged by Republicans, that they tolerate the intolerant and attack those who fight for democracy and tolerant societies.

They suffer from the Cognitive Disorder of Progressives. Even when confronted with the paradoxes inherent in their world view, they just can’t see it.

These people are really dangerous.

By: Lao

Lao — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:34:50 +0000

“When you’re out of USA, you’re plum out of planet.”

I take much offense at that comment.

Perhaps my failure to embrace the glorious wonders of faggotry make me less of an American.

Lao
An American Expat in Southeast Asia