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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]R B Garr
(16,950 posts)145. This whole thread is about nothing but digging
Talk about silly. You extract 11 words out of what I wrote and you think I should take you seriously?
As far as I see, I don't think anyone owes an apology for not buying into FEMEN's propaganda or this video. If this is posted as some kind of "proof" of anything, it's really kind of trivial (at best).
It's still on video that Amina has said what each "side" wants to hear when she is speaking to them. That was my main point.
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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