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In reply to the discussion: Video-Amina: Topless Tunisian Protester Tells Femen She Was Beaten,Kidnapped & Drugged By Her Family [View all]HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)85. the charge that she had been committed to a psychiatric facility was widely reported as truth by
femen.
i am attacking fake human rights orgs and fake feminists in the service of empire.
actually 'attack' isn't even the right word. i'm questioning the mainstream narrative, which i mistrust for various reasons.
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Video-Amina: Topless Tunisian Protester Tells Femen She Was Beaten,Kidnapped & Drugged By Her Family [View all]
stevenleser
Apr 2013
OP
speaks fluent american english with little accent & colloquialisms like "I was, like --" indicating
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#3
She speaks good english, no doubt, but so do a lot of people all over the world.
Quantess
Apr 2013
#54
as much as you. btw, amina's terrible family reportedly sent her her passport.
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#75
her parents are supposedly the ones committing her to a psychiatric facility and drugging her to
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#80
the charge that she had been committed to a psychiatric facility was widely reported as truth by
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#85
doesn't explain why femen reported her as interned in a psych facility when they had no way
HiPointDem
Apr 2013
#89
Per interview with Amina, her family kept her literally under house arrest. Her family also kept her
idwiyo
Apr 2013
#109
Since I have spent my entire adult life around many people whose 2nd language is English
RainDog
Apr 2013
#72
It germinated over the past year in the Education forum....it's the worst kept secret on this
msanthrope
Apr 2013
#103
The full on assault by some people on du against brave women fighting for their rights sucks n/t
Kurska
Apr 2013
#96
My exposure to US expat community can be counted in hours, and I spent less than a week combined in
idwiyo
Apr 2013
#108
amina's english *is* fluent grammatically, and her accent isn't british or australian, so if it's
HiPointDem
May 2013
#203
'international schools' are international, with international staff. they also tend to cater to the
HiPointDem
May 2013
#202
i understand what international schools are. i taught overseas for some time, & so did a close
HiPointDem
May 2013
#205
amina is not a child. i wasn't talking about children, and i didn't teach children. i taught at
HiPointDem
May 2013
#207
It WAS obvious. There are people so intent on casting this in a certain light that they
stevenleser
Apr 2013
#7
Absolutely. I get called the bigot for criticizing a religion that systematically promotes bigotry.
backscatter712
Apr 2013
#9
I never thought I would see feminists on DU using such ridiculous arguments to oppose feminism and
stevenleser
Apr 2013
#10
It's just unbelievable. I'm trying to think of any oppressed group that does this. I can't.
stevenleser
Apr 2013
#22
Ah, the classic conflation of criticism of the Islamic religion with an attack on ethnicity.
backscatter712
Apr 2013
#60
It was feminists on du who, years ago, convinced me to change my opinion
Warren Stupidity
Apr 2013
#37
How women are treated in the Islamic world is taken straight out of the Quran.
backscatter712
Apr 2013
#47
What's unfortunate is that you believe you're the one to 'teach' anyone here anything. nt.
polly7
Apr 2013
#127
Oh, I'm sorry - quoting directly from the Quran is "reinforcing stereotype".
backscatter712
Apr 2013
#149
Whee, and the accusations of bigotry continue. Talk about shit-stirring.
backscatter712
Apr 2013
#151
The is nothing else left for them but rinse and repeat same old accusations of bigotry.
idwiyo
Apr 2013
#158
I particularly love how she presumes to criticize your ability to pick good sources...
opiate69
Apr 2013
#159
And don't you know, you're completely unqualified to interpret the Quran or the Bible...
backscatter712
Apr 2013
#160
+1. Certain parties are using fake 'feminism' to attack islam. Those parties have no interest
HiPointDem
May 2013
#189
I disagree that fundamentalism is inevitable. fundamentalism is being promoted, and funded,
HiPointDem
May 2013
#190
that's because the wealth and power of the two groups is widening, and yes, the people
HiPointDem
May 2013
#194
that's not an argument, that's an opinion. one i disagree with. as i disagree with your opinion
HiPointDem
May 2013
#196
i'm not deflecting anything. i simply don't see an argument there. yes, all holy books include
HiPointDem
May 2013
#200
Learn fucking what? That several hundred years ago it was more enlightened than Christianity or
idwiyo
Apr 2013
#110
I'm gonna keep kicking this thread all day, just to rub their noses in it. n/t
backscatter712
Apr 2013
#17
it's saturday .. i've nothing to do until noon.. and a full bag of weed..
Phillip McCleod
Apr 2013
#34
for calling people 'bigots' because they suggested that Amina was coerced..
Phillip McCleod
Apr 2013
#126
How do we know she isn't currently being held captive and forced to say this by femen goons?
octothorpe
Apr 2013
#18
LOL, because Femen over Skype are coercive, as opposed to the repression from her family and police.
stevenleser
Apr 2013
#66
You started this post with "go into Anytown USA and find teenage angst about their upbringing",
idwiyo
Apr 2013
#144
Well, you started with BOOBIES!!!, and devolved to Amina's character assassination.
idwiyo
Apr 2013
#170
It's a joke because it contradicts your narrative you are so desperate to push?
idwiyo
Apr 2013
#157
Can you just be candid about what the problem really is? For all of our sakes.
Quantess
Apr 2013
#162
The character attacks on this woman, some by self-proclaimed "feminists" on DU sicken me.
Kurska
Apr 2013
#97
I am glad you admit that Amina has every right to protest naked, to affiliate herself with FEMEN,
idwiyo
Apr 2013
#124
Yeah I'm really going to start linking to specific posts and naming specific posters. What an idea.
Kurska
Apr 2013
#131
Ashamed? How DARE you! They are the Enlightened ones and we are the bigots here.
idwiyo
Apr 2013
#116
Are you trying to say that her parents had no say at all in regards to where she was kept?
idwiyo
Apr 2013
#117
You had to wonder which way the anti-Femen/anti-Amina folks were going to go after this video
stevenleser
Apr 2013
#119
LOL, and that person is still at it! Here is a pic for the Amina/Femen critics
stevenleser
Apr 2013
#140
That's a good one! I am so going to steal it and use it from now on in my replies.
idwiyo
Apr 2013
#142
Well, I declare Steven...it appears that you have completely infuriated the Holy Trollers yet again.
Zorra
Apr 2013
#178
LOL, true, but I'll respond the way teachers respond when a kid asks why they gave them a grade...
stevenleser
Apr 2013
#185