ibaghdadi
08-02-2011, 08:05 PM
This was difficult to write, but ultimately cathartic.
On the night of March 15th, 2011, I broke down crying in front of my PC.
A few minutes later, I wrote a farewell note on RPF, the forums that used to be “home on the net” prior to having my own website or twitter account. I explained:
Some 20 years ago we in the Muslim world were bombarded with propaganda to the effect that the West was out to get us. There’s a huge crusade being planned against us, and every single American, British, French etc. citizen is complicit in it.
Those who would brainwash us knew how to present their case. They dug deep into history, knew how to present facts, found obscure news stories, and played heavily on religious sympathies and deepest fears. They knew how to tickle our emotions...
(Article continues here (http://bit.ly/qhDSoA))
On the night of March 15th, 2011, I broke down crying in front of my PC.
A few minutes later, I wrote a farewell note on RPF, the forums that used to be “home on the net” prior to having my own website or twitter account. I explained:
Some 20 years ago we in the Muslim world were bombarded with propaganda to the effect that the West was out to get us. There’s a huge crusade being planned against us, and every single American, British, French etc. citizen is complicit in it.
Those who would brainwash us knew how to present their case. They dug deep into history, knew how to present facts, found obscure news stories, and played heavily on religious sympathies and deepest fears. They knew how to tickle our emotions...
(Article continues here (http://bit.ly/qhDSoA))