Why “Free Tibet” Protesters are not About Freedom at All!

{ Friday 19 September 2008 @ 18:17:44(+0000) } · { Digg }

“Free Tibet” has become the cry of the backward and the reactionary. Across the West, it has been turned into the pet cause of poor little rich girls (and boys) who feel disillusioned with modernity and cynical about China and for whom Tibet has become a mystical playground that must be protected from the evil forces of progress.

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  1. Tibet » Why “Free Tibet” Protesters are not About Freedom at All! Said:

    on Saturday 20 September 2008 at 08:50:33(+0000)

    [...] Why “Free Tibet” Protesters are not About Freedom at All!“Free Tibet” has become the cry of the backward and the reactionary. Across the West, it has been turned into the pet cause of poor little rich girls (and boys) who feel disillusioned with modernity and cynical about China and for whom … [...]


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