Dance of Death!

This post has been inspired by Nana's (Re- Nabavi , Zeytoon and sibil Tala) and Sheema's recent posts. It deals with the pathetic state of affairs surrounding the fake opposition/reformers movement in Iran.

Words of Paolo Freire:

"The central problem is this: How can the oppressed, as divided, unauthentic beings, participate in developing the pedagogy of their liberation? Only as they discover themselves to be 'hosts' of the oppressor can they contribute to the midwifery of their liberating pedagogy. As long as they live in the duality in which to be is to be like, and to be like is to be like the oppressor, this contribution is impossible. The pedagogy of the oppressed is an instrument for their critical discovery that both they and their oppressors are manifestations of dehumanization."Apparently, neither of the two warring factions succeeded in transcending the being "like the oppressor" part.

Paolo Freire in his most famous book, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, which was published also in Spanish and English in 1970 explores how oppression has been justified by the oppressor in totalitarian societies and how it is overcome through a mutual process between the "oppressor" and the "oppressed". Examining how the balance of power between the oppressed and the oppressor remains relatively stable, Freire admits that the powerless in society can be frightened of freedom. He writes, "Freedom is acquired by conquest, not by gift. It must be pursued constantly and responsibly. Freedom is not an ideal located outside of man; nor is it an idea which becomes myth. It is rather the indispensable condition for the quest for human completion." According to Freire, freedom will be the result of praxis--informed action--when a balance between theory and practice is achieved. (Source: Wikipedia)

I think many Iranian agents in the Propaganda Ministry are focusing exactly on this issue. How to frighten people from freedom and demanding their human rights by perverting their value system (minimizing real issues and magnifying taboo issues like orgasm) and molding them into mini oppressors. When such uncompromising and unapologetic, anti-Iranian and pro-profiteering and thievery by benefactors of the status-quot gain currency in the name of so-called opposition/reformers/ women movement (all fake movements; making parallel institutions to pacify and suppress real movements is a hallmark of fascism), without a peep of protest from the pseudo-intellectuals running amok between the U.S. and Iran, then how can anyone hope for a change from inside Iran.

No one is more anti-Iranian (people) than the reformers and their minions- clinging to fantasy, using legitimate plight of millions of impoverished Iranians to further their careers, completely rejectionist, blindly reactionary, doing their best to see that the masses in utter despair go over yet another cliff via another fake election. Shame on all of them.

Dance of death: death makes all men equal.