Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Uncle Leo Watch

With Reverent and Free on hiatus, somebody's got to do the dirty work every now and then and look in on Uncle Leo. This time, he's consumed with some sort of Schadenfreude because that-there Eye-rainian Ahmadinejad was allowed to show up for duty at Columbia, playing the role of Goldstein at their Five Minutes' Hate. He's also diagnosed Scott Adams as suffering from the personality disorder "anti-authoritarianism." This comes oddly from a hemi-semi-demi-"libertarian" like Uncle Leo, but never mind. It had probably been at least five minutes since Uncle had a smoke, and that doesn't bring out the best in him.

I recommend you go read Scott Adams's blog piece, dirty words and all. Here's a quick excerpt:
I hate Ahmadinejad for all the same reasons you do. For one thing, he said he wants to "wipe Israel off the map." Scholars tell us the correct translation is more along the lines of wanting a change in Israel's government toward something more democratic, with less gerrymandering. What an ass-muncher!

Ahmadinejad also called the holocaust a "myth." Fuck him! A myth is something a society uses to frame their understanding of their world, and act accordingly. It's not as if the world created a whole new country because of holocaust guilt and gives it a free pass no matter what it does. That's Iranian crazy talk. Ahmadinejad can blow me.

Most insulting is the fact that "myth" implies the holocaust didn't happen. Fuck him for saying that! He also says he won't dispute the historical claims of European scientists. That is obviously the opposite of saying the holocaust didn't happen, which I assume is his way of confusing me. God-damned fucker.

Furthermore, why does an Iranian guy give a speech in his own language except for using the English word "myth"? Aren't there any Iranian words for saying a set of historical facts has achieved an unhealthy level of influence on a specific set of decisions in the present? He's just being an asshole.
Just watch, though -- many newspapers will continue to run "Dilbert." Just more evidence that they hate our freedoms.

2 comments:

Craig said...

Leo can smoke one for me ...or a whole pack for all I care.

You gotta love those "Libertarians" who won't think twice about licking the boot on their face.

From what I understand, Mahmoud's "holocaust denial" amounted to little more than his saying something like "If the holocaust happened this does not justify the plight of the Palestinians." I'm not saying whether I agree or disagree with that. It's an incredibly complicated statement and topic, but I think it strays a long way from "holocaust denial."

But that won't stop Uncle Leo and other members of the right-wing pukefunnels from repeating ad-nauseum whatever they hear come out of RushSeanGlen's mouth.

Grace Nearing said...

From what I understand, Mahmoud's "holocaust denial" amounted to little more than his saying something like "If the holocaust happened this does not justify the plight of the Palestinians."

Craig: It is a little frightening when dealing with questionable translations. Suppose Mahmoud had or did say something closer to "the fact that the Holocaust happened does not justify the plight of the Palestinians"?

I feel very uneasy relying on the translations given in America's corporate media, and I am by no means fluent enough to read the relevent articles in French, Spanish, or German media and then compare their translations of Mahmoud's statements.

Does anyone know of a truly independent (ie, not MEMRI) group that translates Middle East news coverage?