I must admit to I enjoy Freeper Madness from time to time

[CatWoman]

Obama Ashamed Of Old Glory? Hides Flag For Message To Iran

Is President Obama ashamed to display the American flag to Iranians?

Watching TV clips of Pres. Obama’s special message to Iran on the occasion of Nowruz, a holiday that celebrates the first day of spring and the New Year in many countries, I was struck by how tight the frame was cropped. My antennae went up. I found the official White House website for the message, and saw that there were . . . various versions of the message.

In the main, generic version, an American flag is plainly visible in the background . But below that there are links to other versions, including “.mp4 with Persian subtitles.” Persian is of course the language of Iran, so that is the version the White House wanted to be seen there.

Click on it and you’ll see that—poof!—the American flag has disappeared from the background . So that’s why the image was cropped so tight. At times, the prez’s American flag lapel pin can be seen, but during most of the message the cropping is so tight that even that small American symbol is invisible.




:rofl:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210679/posts

[YOY]

1. I wonder if they understand how pithy their little conspiracy sounds.

I mean in the real world...say if Obama REALLY was all the evil secret Muslim they claim him to be...that this would be his means of destroying America...using symbolic dissapearing flag videos with Persian Subtitles.

[Jackpine Radical]

2. That man is DIABOLICAL!

So subtle, who would have ever thought of bringing down Christianity and the US simultaneously by cropping out the flag? And I bet he refused to talk about crusades, too!

[junkiebrewster]

3. Heh

"Persian is of course the language of Iran..."

Actually, that would be Farsi.

[bunkerbuster1]

4. I stumbled on that same thread when googling the holiday message...

It's a hoot, all right.

What the Freepers fail to note is the re-framed video that includes the Farsi subtitles has a different box around it, which uses the Presidential Seal as a backdrop.

Which, last I checked, was a pretty all-American bit of imagery... but, maybe not to a Freeper. Not when a crypto-Moooooslem's the President!


(on edit) Credit where due--as is often the case in popular Freeper threads, there is at least one Freeper who has some sense of propriety, or maybe shame. governsleastgovernsbest writes:

"This sounds pretty far-fetched. Why would he be ashamed? It’s not like no one knows he’s the President of the United States."

[4lbs]

5. "Persian is the language of Iran."

Huh?

Persian is an ethnic label, like Asian, Caucasian, etc.

Do Chinese people speak Asian?


Farsi is the language of Iran.

However, I guess we can't expect freepers to know that.

[Solomon]

6. I've been saying this every since we won in November. I am really

enjoying all the weeping and wailing, whining and crying, that's been going on. They are so ugly and they don't realize how ugly they look to everybody. Everything out of their mouths exposes the problem - greed, pure greed, as Reverend Wright said.

"I pay my mortgage, I pay my bills, why should I have to .... waaaaaah waaah waaahhhh."

[CatWoman]

7. me too!!

:hi:

[Libby2]

8. I must admit I enjoy their angst, it gives them something to do.

[treestar]

9. The things Freepers come up with!

They are the absolute kings of form over substance! :rofl: