Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Tainted Love

Hey remember how our left insisted that American intervention taints opponents of dictatorial regimes?

In an age when we are being damned in the Sunni Arab world for letting Assad slaughter Syrians by failing to intervene, we have an actual left-wing Western intervention in Arab society that is tainting those fighting for human rights in the Arab world:

Women's rights activists across the Middle East are reacting with everything but joy to topless demonstrations in Europe by a Ukrainian feminist group held in solidarity with a Tunisian woman who posted topless photos of herself protesting religious oppression.

They fear the bare breasts may hurt their cause more than help it, after FEMEN activists protested in front of mosques and Tunisian diplomatic missions last week to support 19-year-old Amina Tyler, who caused a scandal in her country with her Facebook postings.

I know, I know. It's a sad day when bare breasts aren't considered politically nuanced. Not everyone is as open minded as Vladimir Putin. But there you go.