Social Media In Iran

The leader’s bizarre Twitter feed:

Iran’s ruler is doing what the Soviet Union used to do and what Hugo Chavez did more recently. Both used the West’s language of human rights as weapons against the West while resisting everything Western human rights activists stand for. Partly they were just being cynical, and partly they were pointing out the West’s supposed hypocrisy.

You could argue that I’m just doing what Khamenei is doing by saying the other guy has no clothes, but there’s a difference, and it’s crucial. I actually care about human rights, not just for Americans, but also for Iranians and everyone else. Plenty of Iranians care about human rights, too, but it’s safe to say that pretty much none of them are fixtures in the Iranian government.

He thinks Americans are stupid. And of course, he’s right, at least about the ones with whom he’s “negotiating.”

2 thoughts on “Social Media In Iran”

  1. It is nearly always a mistake to assume one’s opponents are stupid. It was a mistake when the Left did it regarding Bush, and it is a mistake for the Right to do it with Obama.

    Instead, assume he knows exactly what he’s doing and why. Then, from his actions, extrapolate backwards to figure out his actual goals.

    If Obama wanted to destroy America, possibly causing another civil war and a world war in the process, what would he do differently?

  2. Strangely enough, Stalin and Khamenei sound almost exactly like Obama era Democrats when they run down the country.

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