Great points, novakant. I don't know as much as I should about Iran and its history, so I agree that Wood's background and in-country experience is not something I dismiss out of hand. Of course, claiming to represent civilization isn't something restricted to Iranians, Stephen Miller said this at Charlie Kirk's memorial We are the storm. And our enemies cannot comprehend our strength, our determination, our resolve, our passion. Our lineage and our legacy hails back to Athens, to Rome, to Philadelphia, to Monticello. Our ancestors built the cities. They produced the art and architecture. They built the industry.
Erika stands on the shoulders of thousands of years of warriors, of women who raised up families, raised up city, raised up industry, raised up civilization, who pulled us out of the caves and the darkness into the light.
Words fail.
I would recommend Marjane Satrapi's graphic novels Persopolis (1 and 2) are excellent and her newest, Women, Life and Freedom is something I'm getting for my school library.
Great points, novakant. I don't know as much as I should about Iran and its history, so I agree that Wood's background and in-country experience is not something I dismiss out of hand. Of course, claiming to represent civilization isn't something restricted to Iranians, Stephen Miller said this at Charlie Kirk's memorial
We are the storm. And our enemies cannot comprehend our strength, our determination, our resolve, our passion. Our lineage and our legacy hails back to Athens, to Rome, to Philadelphia, to Monticello. Our ancestors built the cities. They produced the art and architecture. They built the industry.
Erika stands on the shoulders of thousands of years of warriors, of women who raised up families, raised up city, raised up industry, raised up civilization, who pulled us out of the caves and the darkness into the light.
Words fail.
I would recommend Marjane Satrapi's graphic novels Persopolis (1 and 2) are excellent and her newest, Women, Life and Freedom is something I'm getting for my school library.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/16/marjane-satrapi-interview-persepolis-woman-life-freedom