Did you ever wonder where the Akhoonds came from?
Did you ever wonder where the millions of their minions and enablers in the form of Hezbollahi public servants, Sepaah and Basiji members, torturers, and plain-clothes thugs came from?
Did you ever wonder from under which rock some of the monsters we have seen over the past 30 years crawled out? You remember Khalkhali? Asadollah Lajevardi? And Saeed Emami?
Hey, News Flash: They are Iranians. Are they good Iranians? Decent ones? Humanitarian ones? Fair-minded and generous ones? No, they aren’t, but they are Iranians.
Who are the Iranians who live outside Iran now? Are they all fair-minded and humanitarian? News Flash: No, they aren’t.
Have we learned nothing? Could we do better if we are ever given a chance? If Iranian dot comers are any sampling of true Iranians in diaspora, watching them over the past few weeks tells me that the answer might be a resounding “No.” Sure the English is mostly impeccable. The rhetoric seems appropriate on normal days. The ideas sound fair and liberal on some of the days.
But what if disagreements erupted and some of our fellow bloggers were given half a chance at ruling the rest of us? What would we have then? Someone telling others to shut up? Another telling others what subjects to pick to champion? One other seizing the opportunity to act worse than the dreaded Guardian Council, vetting all who disagree with him, exiling them to a corner for they dared to speak about a non-Iranian subject passionately? Oh, and a whole army of “not verified” commentators, showing up to act as Basijis and thugs, adding fuel to the fires?
What are you doing on Iranian.com? Are you learning anything? Or are you writing hate and reading hate without any action or reaction to save, to negotiate, or to create peace? Moved and agitated, the poet writes about humanity and politics, and the self-pronounced politicians and idea men attack and gest? Others join in personal attacks and defamation of characters? And we are expected to listen when these same idea men come around next time, trying to educate and lead us into building a better Iran? Is there a box on that proposed utopian Iran’s organization chart for the Guardian Council? Is there one for a Supreme Leader? Are there others for jailkeepers and torturers?
Forget about Iran, for what has been created with paranoia, hate, and vengefulness will never be solved with the same. Iran and Iranians need love, understanding, compassion, and peace before they can be liberated and delivered into a democratic state. Perhaps we should all pray silently that none of these self-assigned politicians will ever come near our beloved land and people. This has been a most sobering experience.
