Comments on: WTF is Going on in Tunisia: Must-reads http://www.harpyness.com/2011/01/27/wtf-is-going-on-in-tunisia-must-reads/ As narrated by the most charming and vicious women on the internet Fri, 17 May 2013 21:22:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: BearDownCBears http://www.harpyness.com/2011/01/27/wtf-is-going-on-in-tunisia-must-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-60995 BearDownCBears Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:25:33 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=18724#comment-60995 I think the reason that people aren’t getting too hyped up yet is from the letdown of the Iran uprising. People aren’t even sure if the new Tunisian government will be any different. What we do know is the army/thuggish militias didn’t get involved in it to the magnitude they did in Iran and Myanmar recently.

The sad fact is that these events occur when the men with guns let them or can no longer defeat them in combat. Iran quieted down after the Supreme Leader recruited enough 19-year-old kids from the boondocks to stand in riot gear on street corners and crack skulls whenever people started protesting. Apparently the Tunisian military wasn’t so inclined. There’s probably a better chance the Egyptian security force will be.

]]> By: ShinyObjects http://www.harpyness.com/2011/01/27/wtf-is-going-on-in-tunisia-must-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-60980 ShinyObjects Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:42:00 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=18724#comment-60980 Thanks. This plus other recent events is making me lean towards using Twitter, which I’ve pooh-poohed for a while, albeit from the perspective of “I don’t need one more thingy to keep track of.” As a non-registered user I just spent a good chunk of time reading through tweets with the hashtag mentioned in that Dreams of a Typewriter piece. I like the idea of news as it happens… so, down the rabbit hole I go, maybe?!

]]> By: Shadow Boxer http://www.harpyness.com/2011/01/27/wtf-is-going-on-in-tunisia-must-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-60950 Shadow Boxer Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:18:35 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=18724#comment-60950 hang on, typo

muslimahmediawatch.org

]]> By: Shadow Boxer http://www.harpyness.com/2011/01/27/wtf-is-going-on-in-tunisia-must-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-60949 Shadow Boxer Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:18:15 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=18724#comment-60949 For a feminist Muslim view, check out Muslimah Media Watch’s coverage. Here’s their piece on the Tunisia uprising:
http://muslimahmediawatch.org/2011/01/friday-links-january-21-2011/

The site itself is excellent, taking on perceptions and portrayals of Muslim women in the media – both news and fiction like movies.

muslimamediawatch.org

]]> By: rodriguez http://www.harpyness.com/2011/01/27/wtf-is-going-on-in-tunisia-must-reads/comment-page-1/#comment-60948 rodriguez Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:13:21 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=18724#comment-60948 Chris Hitchens has written about Tunisia in Vanity Fair long before now, and has a piece up in Slate about these goings on.

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