• PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    81·
    2 days ago

    So I think by reading the comments I understand the context here.

    A CNN reporter, Amanpour, was going to interview the Iranian President. The president demanded the female wear a head scarf. The CNN reporter declined because she is a strong independent woman or something, so the Iranian president didn’t show up. This same reporter then interviewed a former member of ISIS/Al Qaeda, and now suddenly she is wearing a headscarf. However for some reason interviewing this Al Qaeda member while wearing a headscarf is more important then whatever principles she supposedly has?

    The implication is that she had no intention of conducting a good faith interview of the Iranian President at all. Is this correct?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
      61·
      2 days ago

      That’s the gist of it, although it’s a different CNN report in the second interview I think. Clearly, CNN can find reporters who will wear a head scarf if they actually want to.

      • PowerCrazy@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        Yea lack of glasses probably a different reporter. But the fact that it is a different reporter shows that CNN could have accommodated the Iranian Presidents demands if they wanted to, then the fact that they accommodated the al qaeda guy shows it was never about the head scarf or Islam or anything like that.

  • krolden@lemmy.ml
    141·
    3 days ago

    Its cool man were not gonna rape and murder our women anymore you can totally trust me and ignore my history of raping and murdering

  • Grapho@lemmy.ml
    131·
    3 days ago

    No shit, the moderate rebels might actually behead her otherwise

  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works
    25·
    2 days ago

    No shit? I’d wear whatever the fuck the dangerous “former” rebel wants me to.
    Life doesnt suck enough to have that much of a death wish.

      • The Octonaut@mander.xyz
        310·
        2 days ago

        Just so we’re clear, you didn’t answer the question. Should different individuals have a choice about whether or not to wear a headscarf?

        Or is the answer that you instead believe that the choice wasn’t the interviewers but instead directed by, uh, “The West”?

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
          132·
          2 days ago

          Absolutely, everybody should have a choice over that. The obvious problem with your line of arguing is that CNN could’ve easily found someone who would wear a headscarf to interview the Iranian president as well. The fact that you couldn’t see the obvious flaw in your argument really highlights the quality of your intellect.

          • The Octonaut@mander.xyz
            210·
            2 days ago

            What argument? I asked you a question that you ignored. Thanks to getting to it eventually, and for answering the obvious followup that indeed you do believe this was orchestrated by “The West” (CNN). It’s really shed light on your reason for posting this as it didn’t seem to fit with last week’s theme of how The West is in decline and America was no longer relevant on the world stage.

            What’s it called again when a worker steps in to take the place of a worker who has refused to do something on principle because of their rights or conditions?

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
              91·
              2 days ago

              You asked a loaded question which you tried to use as a hamfisted smear. I love the fact that you can’t understand just how transparent you are. Meanwhile, western regimes fucking around the world instead of spending resources on improving lives of people living in the west is precisely why the west is in decline. I see this is another direct cause and effect relationship that’s too complex for you to comprehend.

              Is your follow up question about scabs meant to go somewhere or you’re just attempting to be clever again?

              • The Octonaut@mander.xyz
                17·
                2 days ago

                I’m sure I’m being very transparent, Yogthos. Why would I be opaque or obtuse? Life’s too short to spend a long time with some hidden agenda. For example, I’m sure if you were clearer about what you think is the direct cause and effect relationship between CNN interviewing or not a foreign leader and the decline of western civilisation, while I might not understand it, perhaps superior intellects might. As it stands, we don’t know, because you haven’t tried. You’ve just linked to a meme.