Speaking of speech in opposition, there's always the tactic of putting one's own speech in the mouths --- or on the placards --- of others. This interesting tidbit came via PubliusPundit. You've got to compare and contrast two photos, and I'll try to make it a little easier than PP did. :
First, go here --- why not open a new window? --- and scroll down to the second photograph, which shows a young Iranian woman participating in a protest against sex discrimination under Iran's Islamic leadership. She wears an olive-green button down blouse, a black headscarf, and a distinctive ring on her left hand. She holds one piece of paper aloft and thrusts forward another, bearing writing in Arabic, towards the camera, which has caught her mid-shout.
Found her? OK. Now check out the banner at the top of this Internet ad at CodePink. See anyone familiar?
I don't suppose they got her permission, do you? I mean, maybe this young woman is anti-war in general, which is certainly her prerogative, and maybe like the signers of the statement mentioned in the ad she is opposed to the "senseless war in Iraq" along with the other items mentioned. But do we know? And doesn't that picture, paired with the text of the appeal, sort of imply that the demonstration she marched in was an anti-Iraq-war demonstration, and not an anti-Iranian-government, pro-democracy demonstration? Is that fair to her?
And what did they do to her mouth?
(h/t Instapundit)
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