Today’s quote comes to us from calla walsh, the founder of Palestine Action US.
Walsh traveled to Iran, to attend the funeral of her hero, the country’s now-dead “supreme leader”, ayatollah khamenei.
This is what she said about him:
“He was a leader to all people of the world who struggle against imperialism, against arrogance, against zionism, against genocide. To me he was the greatest anti-imperialist leader to live during my lifetime”
Interesting.
So who is calla walsh and what background does she come from?
Well, according to wikipedia.com:
Calla Mairead Walsh (born June 9, 2004) is an American far-left political activist. Previously a member of, and activist in, the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, Walsh abandoned electoral politics in 2022 following disagreements with Ed Markey over policy on Israel and Palestine. Following this, Walsh became involved in direct action campaigns and faced felony charges in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. According to The Free Press and The Boston Globe, Walsh now lives in Beirut, Lebanon.
Calla Mairead Walsh was born on June 9, 2004, and was raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her father, Chris Walsh, is an English professor and serves as director of Boston University‘s college writing program. Her mother, Mary Walsh, writes young adult fiction and teaches at Harvard Extension School. Walsh is the second-oldest of four siblings, and grew up with her younger brothers and sisters in a family home not far from Harvard Square.
Walsh began her political activism in Cambridge, at the age of 14 or 15. In 2018, she organized to support a Massachusetts bill that would have banned gender identity-based discrimination in public places.
That’s who calla walsh is: a self-professed socialist who grew up well-to-do and privileged. An ayatollah khamenei supporter who demands acceptance of gender identity-based activity in public places – which, if she said that to her hero, ayatollah khamenei, would have gotten her tossed off the nearest building in Tehran.
I award calla walsh Quote Of The Day honors for demonstrating – as so many have done before her and continue to do now – that privileged kids who grew up in an academic household can – and sometimes do (like in this case) – turn out to be absolute effing morons.
