15 Photos From Tahrir Square You Probably Haven't Seen

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/03/15-anti-obama-photos-from-tahrir-square-protests-that-you-probably-havent-seen/

[thyme4change]

If they were anti-Bush, they would be printed on high gloss paper and distributed to every address in America.

[steff]

What I found to be the most fascinating pics from the Square were of Egyptian men forming safe circles around Egyptian women so they could also protest safely. 

www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/amazing-human-shield-forms-around-women-protestors-in-tahrir

[Jaguar]

Jul 3, 2013 17:50:01 GMT -5 steff said:

What I found to be the most fascinating pics from the Square were of Egyptian men forming safe circles around Egyptian women so they could also protest safely. 

www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/amazing-human-shield-forms-around-women-protestors-in-tahrir

Yeah that is something.

[steff]

Jul 3, 2013 18:23:49 GMT -5 Jaguar said:

Jul 3, 2013 17:50:01 GMT -5 steff said:

What I found to be the most fascinating pics from the Square were of Egyptian men forming safe circles around Egyptian women so they could also protest safely. 

www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/amazing-human-shield-forms-around-women-protestors-in-tahrir

Yeah that is something.

It really is a big deal all things considered.  Women are generally treated so poorly, that it's a very good thing to see something like that.  Not only keeping them safe, but allowing them to protest & be heard also. 

[Jaguar]

Jul 3, 2013 18:27:15 GMT -5 steff said:

Jul 3, 2013 18:23:49 GMT -5 Jaguar said:

Yeah that is something.

It really is a big deal all things considered.  Women are generally treated so poorly, that it's a very good thing to see something like that.  Not only keeping them safe, but allowing them to protest & be heard also. 

Yes it shows growth and maturity, maybe even hope for a better day for all Egyptian women some day soon.

That's a rare thing in the Middle East.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Jul 3, 2013 17:50:01 GMT -5 steff said:

What I found to be the most fascinating pics from the Square were of Egyptian men forming safe circles around Egyptian women so they could also protest safely. 

www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/amazing-human-shield-forms-around-women-protestors-in-tahrir

Yeah- that is fascinating.  I'd hate to live somewhere where something like that was necessary.

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Jul 3, 2013 18:30:06 GMT -5 Jaguar said:

Jul 3, 2013 18:27:15 GMT -5 steff said:

It really is a big deal all things considered.  Women are generally treated so poorly, that it's a very good thing to see something like that.  Not only keeping them safe, but allowing them to protest & be heard also. 

Yes it shows growth and maturity, maybe even hope for a better day for all Egyptian women some day soon.

That's a rare thing in the Middle East.

Egypt is a moderate muslim country- I hope you're right.  I think there's at least some reason to be hopeful.

[billisonboard]

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Seems to me there was a democratically elected government that has now been overthrown by the Egyptian military.

[mmhmm]

Jul 3, 2013 18:27:15 GMT -5 steff said:

Jul 3, 2013 18:23:49 GMT -5 Jaguar said:

Yeah that is something.

It really is a big deal all things considered.  Women are generally treated so poorly, that it's a very good thing to see something like that.  Not only keeping them safe, but allowing them to protest & be heard also. 

You'd be surprised, I think, at how much of that kind of thing you see in the Middle East ... as long as you're not expressly looking for something else. 

[AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP]

Jul 3, 2013 20:11:12 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

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Seems to me there was a democratically elected government that has now been overthrown by the Egyptian military.

I hope we can count on our military to stand by us when push comes to shove

[billisonboard]

Jul 3, 2013 20:16:38 GMT -5 AgeOfEnlightenmentSCP said:

Jul 3, 2013 20:11:12 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Seems to me there was a democratically elected government that has now been overthrown by the Egyptian military.

I hope we can count on our military to stand by us when push comes to shove

When a minority takes to the streets to protest, you hope that the military overthrows the elected government?

[TonyTiger]

The trouble with that is, those who wanted Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood cronies out-of-office were in a majority, rather than a minority.

[cereb]

Something about these pictures just isn't quite right.

[billisonboard]

Jul 4, 2013 0:56:16 GMT -5 TonyTiger said:

The trouble with that is, those who wanted Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood cronies out-of-office were in a majority, rather than a minority.

Based on ....?

[Tennesseer]

Jul 4, 2013 6:24:06 GMT -5 cereb said:

Something about these pictures just isn't quite right.

Of course some of these pictures you wouldn't have seen on Tahrir Square because at least one of these pictures wasn't taken there. The one below was taken in Pretoria, South Africa.

Just before Obama arrived in Pretoria on Friday, there was a march on the U.S. embassy of more than 1,000 in Pretoria sponsored by the NObama Coalition that was led by two of the three partners of the governing alliance, namely the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party, and 13 other organizations. It was orderly and spirited. Some notable posters: "You're a Disgrace to Black People, Obama," "No You Can't, Obama," "Obama, the World's Top Assassin," "Obama, You Got a Hiding in Vietnam, Iraq, and Now Afghanistan," "Camp Delta -America's Auschwitz - Close Gitmo," "9/11 an Inside Job - Bush and Cronies," "War on Iraq a Lie that Destroys U.S. Economy," "Nuclear Energy for All, Nuclear Weapons for None," and "Bush, Blair, Netanyahu, Obama are War Criminals."

larouchepac.com/node/27185

The credibility of The Blaze sucks.

[thyme4change]

Jul 4, 2013 6:24:06 GMT -5 cereb said:

Something about these pictures just isn't quite right.

Is it that people in Eqypt can write in perfect Americanized English better than 80% of Americans?

[kittensaver]

Jul 5, 2013 15:10:59 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Jul 4, 2013 6:24:06 GMT -5 cereb said:

Something about these pictures just isn't quite right.

Is it that people in Eqypt can write in perfect Americanized English better than 80% of Americans?

Because they weren't educated in American public schools.

[cereb]

Jul 5, 2013 15:10:59 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Jul 4, 2013 6:24:06 GMT -5 cereb said:

Something about these pictures just isn't quite right.

Is it that people in Eqypt can write in perfect Americanized English better than 80% of Americans?

LOL! yep, that's one clue. I think they are fake. I'm not going to bother trying to prove it, what's the point. It's just interestin' is all.


Can you say...PROPAGANDA!!!!

[djAdvocate]

Egypt is a good case study in whether you believe in Democracy or not.  it has nothing to do with supporting the military, the civilians or the Muslim Brotherhood.  it is a far more basic question.

it seems pretty clear that we only believe in elections that produce the results we want.  we are not that different from Egypt it would seem.

[djAdvocate]

Jul 4, 2013 0:56:16 GMT -5 TonyTiger said:

The trouble with that is, those who wanted Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood cronies out-of-office were in a majority, rather than a minority.

there is a process for that.  it is called an election.  that is what is done in civilized places.

[djAdvocate]

Jul 5, 2013 15:48:57 GMT -5 kittensaver said:

Jul 5, 2013 15:10:59 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Is it that people in Eqypt can write in perfect Americanized English better than 80% of Americans?

Because they weren't educated in American public schools.

people in American Schools can hold up preprinted signs just as easily as those educated in Egyptian ones.

[djAdvocate]

there is significant anti-US sentiment in the middle east.  that is a fact. 

there is significantly less than when Bush was in office.  that is also a fact.

[djAdvocate]

Jul 4, 2013 8:52:31 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jul 4, 2013 6:24:06 GMT -5 cereb said:

Something about these pictures just isn't quite right.

Of course some of these pictures you wouldn't have seen on Tahrir Square because at least one of these pictures wasn't taken there. The one below was taken in Pretoria, South Africa.

Just before Obama arrived in Pretoria on Friday, there was a march on the U.S. embassy of more than 1,000 in Pretoria sponsored by the NObama Coalition that was led by two of the three partners of the governing alliance, namely the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party, and 13 other organizations. It was orderly and spirited. Some notable posters: "You're a Disgrace to Black People, Obama," "No You Can't, Obama," "Obama, the World's Top Assassin," "Obama, You Got a Hiding in Vietnam, Iraq, and Now Afghanistan," "Camp Delta -America's Auschwitz - Close Gitmo," "9/11 an Inside Job - Bush and Cronies," "War on Iraq a Lie that Destroys U.S. Economy," "Nuclear Energy for All, Nuclear Weapons for None," and "Bush, Blair, Netanyahu, Obama are War Criminals."

larouchepac.com/node/27185

The credibility of The Blaze sucks.

Doug Ross, the guy who provided these pictures, is a blogger.  he is not a photojournalist.  he has no idea where the pictures are coming from.  they might come from YEMEN as far as he knows.

the Blaze, and it's devoted fans, don't give a s*&t either, as long as the message matches the agenda.

[kittensaver]

Jul 5, 2013 18:11:12 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Jul 5, 2013 15:48:57 GMT -5 kittensaver said:

Because they weren't educated in American public schools.

people in American Schools can hold up preprinted signs just as easily as those educated in Egyptian ones.

 
Very true!

[TonyTiger]

Jul 4, 2013 8:20:36 GMT -5 billisonboard said:

Jul 4, 2013 0:56:16 GMT -5 TonyTiger said:

The trouble with that is, those who wanted Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood cronies out-of-office were in a majority, rather than a minority.

Based on ....?

The size of Muslim Brotherhood membership (600,000 in a population of 84,000,000)...

The size of the crowds demanding Morsi's overthrow, versus the size of the crowds subsequently protesting his ouster...

Subjective?

Imprecise, and some risk of being wrong?

Absolutely.

But serviceable placeholders until (and unless) more precise indicators surface.

[TonyTiger]

Jul 5, 2013 18:09:06 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

Jul 4, 2013 0:56:16 GMT -5 TonyTiger said:

The trouble with that is, those who wanted Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood cronies out-of-office were in a majority, rather than a minority.

there is a process for that.  it is called an election.  that is what is done in civilized places.

Which is all well-and-good until the Incumbent...

1. trashes the old Constitution

2. crams a new Constitution down the throats of The People at the speed of light; bypassing Constitutional Courts, bypassing popular lower House, designed to keep the Brotherhood in power

3. packs High Government posts with Brotherhood cronies in anticipation of a further power-grab

4. turns to autocratic governance rather than the promised egalitarian and democratic reforms

...at which time, The Army, operating on the century-old Turkish Army model as Ultimate Guardians of the Republic and Enforcers of the Will of the People, sweep-aside such Election Mistakes; once The People themselves give voice to their regret and once sufficient evidence comes to light that the Incumbent is laying the groundwork to entrench his religious Brotherhood in-power for decades to come, if not longer.

It looks more like a necessary Intervention... and just in time... without a moment to spare, so-to-speak.

Time will tell whether that is a truly an accurate observation, but the early indications seem to favor such.

[djAdvocate]

Jul 10, 2013 20:14:38 GMT -5 TonyTiger said:

Jul 5, 2013 18:09:06 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

there is a process for that.  it is called an election.  that is what is done in civilized places.

Which is all well-and-good until the Incumbent...

1. trashes the old Constitution.

you can stop right there.  that change was passed by a congressional majority and/or an absolute popular majority, right?  not just "mandated" by Morsi.

yes or no?