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| Another group that hates the U.S.? How about Pakistani drag queens? | |
| 2007-08-16 | |
| Jeebus, this is somehow posted as news? And, just how many SUICIDAL drag queens are there in Pakistan? I can't believe this he-she actually has a TV show in Pakistan and hasn't been beheaded yet. Lahore, Pakistan - "I'm a drag queen, darling…not an extremist… some of us would call being a suicidal drag queen a form of extremism, but "who am I to judge?" ... and I still say if Pakistanis had more self-respect, ... Jeebus he-she sounds like a NEA groupie "teaching" kids about their self-respect, instead of the 3 R's ... we'd be even more anti-American," says Ali Saleem, who glosses his lips and dons a sari each week to interview celebrities and politicians on his TV program Begum Nawazish Ali, a talk show sensation in Pakistan. "I'm not speaking religion; it's common sense." From politics to culture, Ali says American intervention in Pakistan has “brought nothing but sadness” by supporting dictators and rendering Pakistan’s people impotent, constantly looking to the outside world, particularly the U.S., for help solving its own problems. Biting the hand that feeds you, is much more succinct. He sees his TV show as an attempt to rekindle a sense of pride and responsibility in his viewers. He uses our interview to call for a boycott of all American goods and cultural products. Pakistanis must “Turn within for inspiration.” That’s what Ali did. Growing up in an army cantonment on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border during General Zia ul-Haq’s years, Ali always knew he was a woman and “would just sit and pray for hours and hours in one place and say again and again to Allah, ‘Make me a girl, please make me a girl.’”
“Any man off the street will be open for sex with another man, trust me, but ask them if they’re gay and of course they say no. In a way, Pakistan is much more open than it’s given credit for,” Ali says, despite draconian anti-sodomy laws and routine abuse of gender minorities. "Yeah, you overlook that whole beheading and/or stoning the que*rs thingy, and Pakistan is just groovy, dude!" he added. And, more posters here that are in the know have stated that (behind the scenes) homosexuality and/or child sexual abuse is rampant in Muslim Middle East countries (but is hush-hush). I've never heard Pakistan being accused of that "underground culture" though. More at linky. | |
| Posted by:BA |
| #4 I posted about this nut-case last year. "I'm not speaking religion; it's common sense." Coming from a drag queen in an Islamic country, I'd look elsewhere for "common sense". American intervention in Pakistan has “brought nothing but sadness” Only for the terrorists. Personally, I'm overjoyed. Pakistanis must “Turn within for inspiration.” You've been doing that for decades and look where it's gotten you. Total. Loon. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-08-16 11:50 |
| #3 “Any man off the street will be open for sex with another man, trust me, but ask them if they’re gay and of course they say no. Gee, nice little country you got yourselves over there. I wonder what the HIV rate is. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-08-16 10:38 |
| #2 But they always find 'em... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-08-16 10:26 |
| #1 WaPo must be getting pretty desperate in finding new sources of anti-Americanism. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-08-16 10:09 |