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Thursday, March 02, 2017

Director From Country That Executes Gays Lectures America On Muslim Immigration

A film director from Iran, a country that executes and forcibly sex changes gay people, lectured President Donald Trump about Muslims at the Oscars Sunday night.

Asghar Farhadi boycotted the award ceremony over Trump’s travel ban, but had someone else read a statement in his place when his film “Salesman” won in the best foreign language film category. “I’m sorry I’m not with you tonight,” he said, launching into an explanation of the merits of inclusivity and human dignity, while praising his country, which is known for hanging gay people.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Are you insinuating that because he was born there, he must advocate those behaviors as well?