re: #95 CuriousLurker

Exactly. Because the one thing the Middle East REALLY needs is another raging fundamentalist theocracy.

//As if the sarc tags are even necessary…

This posting by Charles illustrates out the point that a left-winger does not equal a liberal, despite the US near-synonymization of the terms. This is illustrated even better by Shamir, who is often characterized as a “radical left-winger”. In some sense (or, rather, on some issues) he is. But he takes the same approach to feminism:

Ardin is apparently involved with a Christian Social-Democrat group. This is probably the most insolent detail of her work history. For a true Christian (or a Jew or a Muslim), the use of a condom is prevention of new life - a form of murder, yet one of Ardins main complaints against Assange is that his condom was not in place. For feminists of her kind, a man is nothing more than a sex toy; for her, sex has no connection to procreation, let alone to sacred union.

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As for Julian Assange, we need him. We need our captain Neo, whether chaste or womanizer, in order to uncover the secret doings of our governments behind the Matrix. For our own sakes, we must all do our part to protect him from castrating feminists and secret services alike.

And his diatribe against gay parades in Russia (and against gays in general, in support of “traditionalism”) needs to be quoted in full to be appreciated.