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Syria: You are an Embarrassment to the Revolution

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Syria, Ideas, Politics, Protest, War & Conflict

This post is part of our special coverage Syria Protests 2011/12 [1].

There are seven tell-tale signs for those who are “an embarrassment to the revolution” – any revolution. On Twitter, Syrian @NMSyria [2] lists those signs.

According to NMSyria, who describes himself as a proud revolutionary, those signs are:

@NMSyria [3]: #1: You're a sectarian douchebag who loves to talk about slaughtering the minorities and oppressing them later.

@NMSyria [4]: #2: If someone criticizes the opposition, you call them a traitor. #EmbarrassmentToRevolution


@NMSyria
: #3: You are not open to criticism of opposition even if they make freaking stupid mistakes. #EmbarrasmentToRevolution

@NMSyria [5]: #4: You have double standards. #EmbarrassmentToRevolution

@NMSyria: [6] #5: You have too big of an ego. #EmbarrassmentToRevolution.

@NMSyria: [7] #6: You like to nickname the Free Syrian Army as the “Free Sunni Army”. Umm. No. You're an #EmbarrassmentToRevolution

@NMSyria: [8] #7: You spread rumors to gain fame. Hey! Who knows, maybe we'll make you President of something. #EmbarrassmentToRevolution

This post is part of our special coverage Syria Protests 2011/12 [1].