Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, today delivered a series of tweets inspired by Ferguson, Mo., that sound like they could have been lifted from President Obama’s comments at Saturday night’s Congressional Black Caucus Foundation awards dinner.
I like how he basically paraphrases THE PRESIDENT on #Ferguson.
Great job, WH speechwriters. @michelelfrost @GPollowitz @khamenei_ir
— VACUOUS CIPHER (@THE_DAILY_BLEAT) September 28, 2014
Let’s have a look.
Pres Obama said too many young men of color feel "judged by stereotypes that fuel fear and resentment and hopelessness."
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) September 28, 2014
Pres Obama cites statistics that show "significant racial disparities" in the treatment of minorities by police.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) September 28, 2014
In countries that claim to support #democracy,there's more injustice toward humans like in US where blacks are still discriminated.#Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) September 28, 2014
Nice.
As Doug Powers reminds us at michellemalkin.com, this comment comes from the leader of a country where citizens are executed for homosexuality, “perversion,” and adultery.
If US govt has a power, then it should use it to solve its own problems& put an end to racial discrimination. #Ferguson #Syria #Iraq
4/13/94— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) September 28, 2014
Have you managed to establish #justice inside the US? Can you claim that the 50M black people enjoy the same rights as the whites? #Ferguson
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) September 28, 2014
How can US claim to be the leader in #WarOnTerror while it has got its hands dirty with the blood of humans? #Ferguson #Syria #Iraq
12/31/90— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) September 28, 2014
As long as we have you here on Twitter, how about a few questions?
@khamenei_ir How's that Christian pastor? Still in jail?
— Cliff Williams (@chesepioc) September 28, 2014
https://twitter.com/MattObenauf/status/516247186808401923
@khamenei_ir @hempoilcures Do you notice who the President, Attorney General and other American leaders, elected and appointed, are?
— rmack2x (@rmack2x) September 28, 2014
@khamenei_ir don’t you have some women to stone or something?
— Terri (@CantBelieve10) September 28, 2014
@khamenei_ir you should be more concerned about water shortages, and unemployment in your country, oh! And those #evil happy dancers! #ass
— Hawk (@Hawk546nj) September 28, 2014
Oh yeah, those six young Iranians who were arrested for posting a video of themselves dancing to Pharrell’s “Happy.”
Ayatollah @khamenei_ir is obsessed w US #democracy, injustice in #Ferguson yet there is NO accountability for Human Rights abuses in #Iran
— Saad (@SaadAbedine) September 28, 2014
@khamenei_ir Please free the detained journalists in Iran!
— Arttu Muukkonen (@amuukkonen) September 28, 2014
@khamenei_ir that is the height of hypocrisy. Iran is amongst the worst human rights violators on the planet.
— still peter ridout (@pwbb) September 28, 2014
@khamenei_ir Whilst I disagree with your assertion, I respect your right to be an ignorant and uncivilised religious person!#atheist
— Comrade SQib (@The_SQib) September 28, 2014
@khamenei_ir Agreed….Ferguson bad!!! Are your MILLIONS of Black Slaves upset about it? #JustBEHEADthemIFso
— Jay Tee III (@CaliBearcat) September 28, 2014
Somebody should hack @khamenei_ir's nudes.
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) September 28, 2014
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