Listen up, all you right-wingers. New Republic politics and culture writer Sarah Jones needs you to stop talking about Iran:
would be great, as usual, if the right-wing stopped talking about Iran https://t.co/RKo969Bj6m
— Sarah Jones (@onesarahjones) January 2, 2018
Jones writes:
Are right-wing hawks undermining the Iranian protests? Twenty people are reportedly dead after nearly a week of anti-regime protests in Iran. According to The Washington Post, the protests are the largest since the country’s ill-fated Green Movement in 2009. The Iranian government blames “enemies of Iran” for stoking unrest, but the reality is less favorable to the regime: The protests have reportedly spread to traditionally conservative regions, and crackdown threats haven’t emptied Iranian streets.
Israel’s hard-right government praised the protesters, and so has the American right. In some cases, they’ve pivoted to feminist sentiment. “The most striking images coming out of the Iran human rights protests are not of men—they are of women,” Fox News columnist Stephen Miller asserted. “So the question must be asked: Where are the women’s movement supporters in the United States and Europe, which gathered en masse to protest a newly inaugurated American president last year?”
How dare she suggest there’s any kind of equivalency whatsoever between the brave protesters of Iran’s repressive and oppressive regime and the pussy-hat-wearing Resistance marching against Trump. And the American right hasn’t “pivoted to feminist sentiment”; conservatives have been relentless in criticizing Islamists’ deplorable treatment of women (and the LGBT community, for that matter) for years. The same can’t be said for the Left.
https://twitter.com/winningatmylife/status/948233919664676865
Same person who said “there’s no such thing as western values” https://t.co/gN1JAm4QeN
— David Reaboi (@davereaboi) January 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/politicalelle/status/948230904446468096
Since Jones singled Stephen Miller out for special criticism, Miller graciously took some time to engage with her:
Whether it’s intentional or not, you’re literally parroting what Khamenei is saying. https://t.co/fJtvohvzWz
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 2, 2018
pardon me if i don't buy your sudden commitment to women's rights
— Sarah Jones (@onesarahjones) January 2, 2018
Here’s my piece on the women protestors in Iran, where’s yours?https://t.co/6kwX1iYMx2 https://t.co/7EbX53LiYr
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 2, 2018
In fact scanning her feed, she hasn’t tweeted about Iran or the women leading there at all. So if the right shouldn’t about it, and she won’t, then who will?
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 2, 2018
Here’s your chance @onesarahjones mash that retweet button. https://t.co/heTkwrK4pa
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 2, 2018
Here you go @onesarahjones – just hit retweet. I believe in you. https://t.co/6R41sHpLe1
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 2, 2018
You can do it, Sarah!
yes, you're a very original thinker on the subject of women's rights pic.twitter.com/mOPcHkUrhS
— Sarah Jones (@onesarahjones) January 2, 2018
Prove me wrong https://t.co/kBS1KuWsZk
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 2, 2018
@onesarahjones I thought she was going to to prove you wrong by citing her pro-Iranian women tweets.
— Holden (@Holden114) January 2, 2018
Can’t cite something that doesn’t exist!
Damn, she did a tweet search on me proving my point about what feminism has become. https://t.co/kBS1KuWsZk
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 2, 2018
Is that the best she can do? Actually, yes:
Now it’s my turn pic.twitter.com/TnYxUW5pZg
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 2, 2018
That’s gonna leave a mark.
oof
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) January 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/948234804914475009
Nope.
hi stephen! let me know when you write something about feminism that isn't the same tweet you've been posting for three years
— Sarah Jones (@onesarahjones) January 2, 2018
That’s great Sarah but you still didn’t retweet that image. Why not? https://t.co/i93pLW0yFm
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 2, 2018
I did – just this morning. Thanks for reading. I look forward to yours. https://t.co/6kwX1iYMx2 https://t.co/i93pLW0yFm
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 2, 2018
Don’t hold your breath.
https://twitter.com/BridgetPhetasy/status/948240688323244032
What’s your fav thing abt the Iranian regime, @onesarahjones? Is it the oppression of women? Or execution of gay ppl? Hard to pick https://t.co/d02M7mmops pic.twitter.com/hf33mrhbK2
— Harry Khachatrian (@Harry1T6) January 2, 2018
It’s a real shocker that regime apologists who pretended the current Iran government is somehow reformist or moderate want us to now ignore the protests. https://t.co/5SNAVkG8ul
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) January 2, 2018
Strange isn’t it https://t.co/G2OXQOq7um
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 2, 2018
If women are speaking out in Iran & being shot for it and you’re blaming “the right” for talking about it, you’re not a feminist. https://t.co/6kwX1iYMx2
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 2, 2018
Bingo.
Parting advice for Sarah and her holier-than-thou colleagues:
Would be great, as usual, if The New Republic stopped talking about, well, everything. https://t.co/tf55OlTVLl
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) January 2, 2018
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with an additional tweet.
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