Iran riots

There are both supporters of the regime and those who want to get rid of it. The anti-gov are mainly the remains of the old educated class before the revolution, but that's actually a pretty small minority, and its shrinking.

If you look at the pictures, it looks like mainly younger people as the protesters/rioters.

The kids of them... i'm saying its the class that still exists and is culturally more secular... not that the literal people are pre-revolutionary.

Originally posted by King Kandy
There are both supporters of the regime and those who want to get rid of it. The anti-gov are mainly the remains of the old educated class before the revolution, but that's actually a pretty small minority, and its shrinking.

really?

I thought the educated class was with the revolution? I know a lot of progressives and socialists got sold out by Khomeni (who they thought was a ticket to freedom)?

Originally posted by King Kandy
The kids of them... i'm saying its the class that still exists and is culturally more secular... not that the literal people are pre-revolutionary.

ah, nvm 🙂

Originally posted by inimalist
really?

I thought the educated class was with the revolution? I know a lot of progressives and socialists got sold out by Khomeni (who they thought was a ticket to freedom)?

Originally posted by King Kandy
Adding weapons in iran would be a terrible idea... at the best it would end up like afghanistan, and it could easily become the most horrifying state in world history.

Come on: the Iranian people aren't that bad...and evil.

Originally posted by King Kandy
Those people are the people i'm talking about. And there were many who were for the "revolution" without supporting the specific "islamic revolution".

ah, cool 🙂

Iran actually has a lot of women who take an active role in challanging the state too. Its an interesting milleu.

Originally posted by dadudemon
Come on: the Iranian people aren't that bad...and evil.

Perspective:

YouTube video

EDIT: and if you notice in the background as the female host of the segment speaks at the end, there is a big Venuzaulan flag 🙂

I bet Gaddafi is on the way out soon as well.

Yemen (holy shit this would be bigger than Egypt, not in terms of impact on the world, but in terms of a very heavy handed leader being ousted! [ok, maybe I'm exaggerating, still remarkable]):

YouTube video

Bahrain:

YouTube video

Originally posted by King Kandy
I bet Gaddafi is on the way out soon as well.

man, wouldn't that be huge...

I know nothing about lybia, so no idea how much of a pipe dream that is...

EDIT: I know nobody has ever had beef before, but my appologies for just spamming AJE (if you want to know, Jaden made a remark about TYT that has made me self conscious of this), I figure they probably have the authority over most western stations on these issues, and are far less verbose than I

Some egyptian protesters were holding up signs saying "we won't stop until Gaddafi's gone"... which I found kind of interesting.

Originally posted by King Kandy
Some egyptian protesters were holding up signs saying "we won't stop until Gaddafi's gone"... which I found kind of interesting.

huh...

I know a bunch of Egyptians were kicked out of Kuwait for trying to start a protest movement...

wouldn't that be even more amazing, if it was literally groups of egyptians who spread democracy through the region?

It looks like a possibility.

heres hoping. to be frank, I would have never expected it in a nation like egypt, so hey... maybe anything is possible?

Originally posted by inimalist
(if you want to know, Jaden made a remark about TYT that has made me self conscious of this)

What did he say?

Originally posted by Bardock42
What did he say?

he asked if I did promotions for the young turks...

which, I wish...