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American Champion Skips Chess Tournament Rather Than Wear Hijab (In Iran)
Western Journalism ^
| 2/22/17
| Jack Davis
Posted on 02/23/2017 10:51:54 AM PST by jalisco555
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Pictures at the link including one of Sweden's shameful, if predictable, acquiescence to the Iranian demand.
To: jalisco555
Meh, just as well. If she won, they’d probably discover some rule preventing them from paying her the purse.
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posted on
02/23/2017 10:54:55 AM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: jalisco555
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posted on
02/23/2017 10:56:16 AM PST
by
CarolAnn
To: jalisco555
The Muslims in Iran say she HAS to wear it.
Just remember that next time some lefty claims that hijabs are not a sign of oppression.
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posted on
02/23/2017 10:58:16 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: jalisco555
Swedish Bikini Team. 2017 Edition.
To: jalisco555
A real American. If the Muzzies won’t wear yamikas or crucifixes, why should she have to wear a hijab?
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posted on
02/23/2017 10:59:55 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. - Clint Eastwood)
To: jalisco555
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posted on
02/23/2017 11:00:35 AM PST
by
Rebel_Ace
(HITLER! There, Zero to Godwin in 5.2 seconds.)
To: jalisco555
Good for this lady. Takes a lot of courage.
Perhaps another alternative would be to wear one with a big cross on it.
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posted on
02/23/2017 11:05:13 AM PST
by
Defiant
(The media is the colostomy bag where truth goes after democrats digest it.)
To: jalisco555
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posted on
02/23/2017 11:09:50 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: jalisco555
I don’t remember Hillary wearing hijab during her many Middleeastern visits as SOS. What about Marie Harf and Stephanie Powers and some of the other women on Kerry’s staff?
To: jalisco555
Wow.
Good for her.
(and she’s hot to boot)
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posted on
02/23/2017 11:12:20 AM PST
by
BuffaloJack
(The Democrats haven't been this aggitated since Lincoln took away their slaves.)
To: jalisco555
I salute Ms. Paikidze for her stand and for placing principles above personal profit.
Bummer of a first name though.
To: afraidfortherepublic
To: afraidfortherepublic
I don’t remember Hillary wearing hijab during her many Middleeastern visits as SOS. Don't know about her time as SOS but as First Lady she and Chelsea both certainly did.
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posted on
02/23/2017 11:15:54 AM PST
by
jalisco555
("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
To: jalisco555
Why is the chess federation holding a championship in such a backward country as Iran ?
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posted on
02/23/2017 11:16:01 AM PST
by
Timocrat
(Ingnorantia non excusat)
To: jalisco555
It might be interesting to get comments from NOW, Fauxcahontas, and Hillary on this.
They are always so oddly silent on the subject of clearly observable repression of womens' basic freedoms in islamic countries. Would not authentic womens' rights advocates loudly stand up for this brave young woman standing up for women?
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posted on
02/23/2017 11:16:19 AM PST
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never...except for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
To: Timocrat
I believe the game was invented in Persia, now known as Iran.
To: BuffaloJack
YES, she is! It’d be “hard” to compete against that!
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posted on
02/23/2017 11:23:58 AM PST
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: jalisco555
Paikidze, the current U.S. chess champion I don't follow chess, so I found this confusing: The current US chess champion is a woman? Why have I not heard this glass-ceiling revolution? You would think it would be all over the supermarket tabloids, and every girl in public kindergarten would have been issued a pink chessboard within weeks. . .
Okay, I looked it up and Miss Paikidze is the US women's champion. Fabiano Caruana is the US champion. I guess as in boxing, tennis and football, certain biological distinctions between the sexes won't go away unless you abolish the game itself. Hillary's people were probably planning that.
Anyway, bully for her. (And no question she'd beat me in three moves.)
To: afraidfortherepublic
Pelosi did when she went to Syria. Not that it is the same, but some may conflate it to be. The wives of heads of state, when visiting the Pope, where a mantilla and black dress.
Though not an absolute rule, it is considered the “thing” to do.
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