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HiPointDem

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13. it's unclear what actually happened imo.

Fri May 31, 2013, 02:44 AM

May 2013

Ms Tyler emerged from hiding earlier this month in Kairouan, where she wrote "Femen" on a wall near the city's main mosque...

Ms Tyler was detained by police amid clashes and tear gas as an angry crowd gathered.

an 'angry crowd' gathered and the police used tear gas because she wrote 'femen' (something most people probably wouldn't even know of) on a wall? really?

did she write it on a generic wall or on a mosque wall?

On edit: it's beginning to look like she wrote her little 'protest' graffiti on a world heritage site.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2925712

if so, i don't think she's being persecuted. i think she's provoking arrest deliberately.

if i went to the wailing wall, the great wall of china, the lincoln memorial and graffittied them, would i get attention from the police?

i bet i would, and nothing to do with feminism.

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Femen member Amina Tyler on trial in Tunisia [View all] riderinthestorm May 2013 OP

She is braver than I am... maddezmom May 2013 #1

Agreed. Arrested for pepper spray?! Amina was protesting against Tunisia's societal regression riderinthestorm May 2013 #2

actually, it looks like she wrote grafitti on a world heritage site. thus the angry crowd. HiPointDem May 2013 #16

your hate for her shows. cali May 2013 #31

it appears to be indifference. I know that's what I feel. Trying to figure out how in the world bettyellen May 2013 #34

i don't hate her at all. i have no idea why she's doing what she's doing. i do dislike the HiPointDem May 2013 #35

Glad the authorities banned those ultra-conservative Muslims from having a conference there. redqueen May 2013 #3

she got a $182 fine. already determined. HiPointDem May 2013 #27

Thanks. nt redqueen May 2013 #41

K&R idwiyo May 2013 #4

Pepper spray? HappyMe May 2013 #5

Yup. Clearly this is a trumped up charge to get her arrested. Sucks. riderinthestorm May 2013 #6

it's unclear what actually happened imo. HiPointDem May 2013 #13

Hope she makes it out safely. Or disapointed it was a slap on the wrist? bettyellen May 2013 #30

Uhm, I wish she hadn't been arrested and tried at all. Period. riderinthestorm May 2013 #46

I just have to point out that Femen was the topic du jour a month ago. Amina was hot. riderinthestorm May 2013 #7

what actually happened here? it's completely unclear from the article. HiPointDem May 2013 #14

Ah, but we have to give allowances to their beautiful culture! backscatter712 May 2013 #8

tunisian women aren't forced to wear anything. and she wrote grafitti on a world heritage site. HiPointDem May 2013 #17

I don't think you'd be charged with carrying an incendiary object for pepper spray. Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #22

i might be charged with many things worse. a $182 fine was the punishment. HiPointDem May 2013 #23

But... but... LadyHawkAZ May 2013 #9

+1 JVS May 2013 #11

well, it certainly omits some pretty pertinent info. you didn't wonder why an angry crowd HiPointDem May 2013 #19

a 182.00 fine puts her in danger? the punishment for the graffiti would have- and should have - been bettyellen May 2013 #28

Recommended. H2O Man May 2013 #10

I thought I read they were being easy on her for not going after her for desecration of a tomb? bettyellen May 2013 #12

not just your random cemetery/mosque either. HiPointDem May 2013 #18

so it could actually be for the desecration but in order to make the sentence not as harsh JI7 May 2013 #24

Here is the mosque and cemetery where she wrote 'femen,' i guess. HiPointDem May 2013 #15

Her tactics are going to provoke a reaction RainDog May 2013 #20

isolated? she's a media sensation. HiPointDem May 2013 #21

didn't her dad grow up in europe JI7 May 2013 #25

I haven't read that, but I don't know. His name is Sboui. I don't know where the "Tyler" came HiPointDem May 2013 #26

it's super creepy how some Femen supporters seem to be hoping she is persecuted over this! bettyellen May 2013 #29

It's super creepy how Femen detractors are so sanctimonious and pleased about her arrest cali May 2013 #32

as you often say, what a steaming pile of shit. bettyellen May 2013 #33

it's super creepy how femen supporters think writing 'femen' on a world heritage site and a major HiPointDem May 2013 #36

it's so anticlimactic that it almost seems like parody after reading all the persecution fantasies bettyellen May 2013 #37

so persecuted. supposedly in fear of her life from 'islamists,' she traveled to the most important HiPointDem May 2013 #38

It wasn't 'on the mosque'; it was on the top of a low modern wall of a cemetary muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #39

which is the ancient cemetery directly beside the mosque, part of the mosque complex. HiPointDem May 2013 #40

She wrote on wall, that looks damn modern and had graffiti on it before. Never mind it's so idwiyo May 2013 #66

that's probably why there were no charges. Could have been 6 months in jail. bettyellen May 2013 #50

The trial for the graffiti and indecency comes on June 5th muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #51

oh, it seemed really odd to me- thanks for that! bettyellen May 2013 #52

kicking this so more can see the usual suspects ramping up the outrage over an incomplete HiPointDem May 2013 #42

You want to be seen to be that nasty to DUers? muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #43

look at post 6 JI7 May 2013 #45

Not upset - we're getting to see HiPointDem's true nature muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #47

i don't think she is hannah bell, her style seems different JI7 May 2013 #48

Post #6 wasn't a "call out". How do you read that into what I wrote? riderinthestorm May 2013 #53

are you kidding? "concerned" posters on this thread are more interested in slamming their fellow DU bettyellen May 2013 #49

Its the BBC. Not known for misleading (I used their own headline) or incomplete stories. riderinthestorm May 2013 #44

Can you link to a post where this was done. I've read all posts under this thread and dont see any stevenleser May 2013 #54

post #6 is elated her trouble is "serious enough" to rub in others faces here. Shows exactly how bettyellen May 2013 #55

That's how you are interpreting that? Wow. nt stevenleser May 2013 #56

yes, 6 and 7 both go on and on about DUers- they wrote much more about DUers than about Amina- bettyellen May 2013 #57

See my #60 below. nt stevenleser May 2013 #61

"Elated" about her arrest?! WTF? Please point out ANYWHERE in my post I'm "elated" riderinthestorm May 2013 #58

you wrote more about DUers in posts 6 and 7 than you had about her. bettyellen May 2013 #59

Your interpretation of that posters words is ridiculous. nt stevenleser May 2013 #60

Changing goalposts again. Typical. riderinthestorm May 2013 #63

just illustrating how you spent more energy being nasty to fellow DUers here, than you did on Amina bettyellen May 2013 #64

Uhm no. My concern is with Amina. Good luck with false accusations riderinthestorm May 2013 #65

Did you bother to Google her fate? Not according to your own posts. But you sure spent a lot of time idwiyo May 2013 #67

I actually did. And I'm not even the one pretending to be overwrought! bettyellen May 2013 #68

Are you sure? idwiyo May 2013 #70

She made that up. It's an utterly nonsensical interpretation of what you wrote. nt stevenleser May 2013 #62

Of course it's complete bullshit but very typical. Fabricate a charge and proceed to blast it as if idwiyo May 2013 #69

lol, yet it's clearly Femen and Amina who are fabricating a storyline R B Garr Jun 2013 #71

It's very sad watching you digging yourself into the deeper and deeper hole. idwiyo Jun 2013 #72

Sorry, but there is no hole being dug unless it's through the piles of bullshit R B Garr Jun 2013 #73

Keep digging. idwiyo Jun 2013 #75

you too R B Garr Jun 2013 #76

This message was self-deleted by its author idwiyo Jun 2013 #74