Secular Syria don't atacks Gay citizens because acording to the Syrian State sexuality (including homosexuality) is a private matter. Unlike Islamic extremists, (so called wahabbis/ salafists or takfirists), that are atacking Syria's civilians and army forces to overthrow Syrian State, want to impose a Islamic State, where homosexuality will be punished by death penalty. So a Damascus's gay bloguer is a CIA propaganda broadcasting by USA, France, UK and Qatar channels.
He looks gay anyways. To pretend that he is a whore living in Syria and then write false stories about Syria to cause problems. That is gay..yeah...That is actually prostetution, I think....
Tom MacMaster is the biggest idiot on earth. Here is the question? Wouldn't a 40-year-old-man, studying for his masters, have better things to do rather than run a blog with a fictitious name and identity? I hope Jelena Lecic sues him for have stolen her photos and used them illegally.
ti tebra zalutao i to dobro...neki jehovin svjedok,neka picka materina ? Idi tovi se u Donaldsu i jedi servirana govna nabijem i tebe i USA i Izrael na svoj ponosni slavenski KURAC !
Well, it's a 40 year old man, and his wife who is the publisher of lezgetreal that stole this lady's identity. Identity theft is the worst thing you can do to someone online. I hope these retards spend the rest of their lives in prison.
"The true identity of internationally renowned blogger 'A Gay Girl in Damascus' has been revealed as a 40-year-old American man.
Tom MacMaster, a student at the University of Edinburgh, wrote an apology on the blog today, confessing that the entire thing was a hoax.
His admission came after days of questioning and pressure by suspicious readers who did not buy the story that 'blogger' Amina Arraf, a lesbian Syrian-American living in Damascus, had been arrested".
The guy keeps being like "ISN'T THIS A CAUTIONARY TALE?" And both of them are kinda like "meh." NO, this is not a "cautionary tale" that you should not post normal face photos online. SORRY, ASSHOLE, stop blaming the victim.
I can really understand the reason why Jelena is so upset, I mean put yourself in her place, what if it was something else! You can wake up one day and find you are someone else like a terrorist or sth!
And at the same time, that girl under the name of "Amina" has all the reasons to hide her true Identity, I mean the title says it all "Gay Girl in Damascus", But if she true held another Nationality, why didn't she ask for political asylum?! She has that right and she must 've known that!
I just want to start by saying if Amina does really exist, I hope she's okay and I hope she gets released soon! And gets back to her family safe and sound.
But I do understand why Jelena was so upset. I mean, yeah if you're blogging about politics in Syria, you certainly have EVERY reason to hide your identity, use a fake name,etc, but why steal someone's pictures? Why drag someone else into this? It's just wrong and unfair!
Praying for Amina's safety, whoever she is, wherever she might be!
Surely people can understand the reasons behind Amina not using her own photo. In her defense she probably started off not knowing how popular she'd eventually become but it wasn't a smart move.
Jelena comes across as a complete DICK. Only a brief thought spared for this girl who may well have been kidnapped (and probably tortured). If Amina and her story are real then I hope Jelena looks back at this interview and is ashamed at her stroppy behaviour over a minor inconvenience (in comparison)
@rozalozadingdong Minor Inconvenience? This coward uses another persons picture. I guarantee that you would be a 'DICK' too if someone was using a photo of you for political reasons.
Example: 'Gay man in Damascus.' Uses your photo. Some fanatic recognizes you somehow. You have no idea that your photo is used. This fanatic decides to kill you for going against cultural and religious views. Minor Inconvenience?
Think before you take it upon yourself to judge this woman's thoughts.
@JeanetteTherese First off, a gay guy wouldn't get far using my photo cos I'm not a dude.
I think you've missed the point. It's easy to be completely on Jelena's side if you haven't been following the uprising in Syria. It's no joke... people are being killed, tortured and imprisoned. Amina (if real) is one of the few that have been successful in reporting the truth on what's really going on in the country, at the risk of her own life. I said it was an inconvenience in COMPARISON.
@rozalozadingdong No, I did not miss your point. Your point is naive and thoughtless. This person used someone else's picture, without that persons consent, to protect their own identity while writing about political and cultural uprisings dealing with a group of people that have no problem resorting to violence if needed. It doesn't matter if it was an inconvenience in 'COMPARISON'. It was identity theft and it could have gotten someone who had no part in this charade killed.
@JeanetteTherese Stick to the context! Jelena is NOT in Syria. The Syrian Government are NOT going after foreign citizens. She is NOT at risk of being killed for her sexual identity - there are plenty of homosexuals in london. and, it wasn't identity theft - she didn't steal her name, just her picture, and that happens ALL the time on the internet - just not with high profile bloggers. My original point was made in COMPARISON, so it does matter since it is the argument you chose to reply to.
@rozalozadingdong I am sticking to the context. WE LIVE IN A GLOBAL ERA! With Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social networking, the barriers you seem to think still exist are blurred. The gov may not be going after foreign citizens, but there are always those who are outside the country that agree with what that gov is doing. Her pic was plastered everywhere. Someone could have easily recognized her and taken action.
@JeanetteTherese That said - I've just read the post of admittance that Amina is not real. If this guy had been living in Syria, I would've still stood by what I said.
The picture is on one of the profiles she uses to comment on her own comments.. try to squint to see it.. the pictures were also used on her personal facebook page, she communicated with her fans on this page.. she also communicated with media using this particular facebook page.. when she was asked for a personal interview, she sent that same picture with an apology that she can't do the interview for security reasons! .....STILL NOT CONVINCED SHE'S A HOAX! UR AN IDIOT!
If you can't see past the fake picture then you're dumb. Read An Inspector Calls, Inspector Ghoul comes out and corrects all these social wrongs amongst this corrupt family, but it turns out that he wasn't even a real Inspector. So the snobbish, old members of that family then dismiss the advice from Ghoul because he wasn't a real Inspector, whereas the younger generation of that family take his advice anyway and change for the better. Dont take it at face value, this happens in other countries
i don't know if Amina is real or not, but if she is real, i only hope she'll be free. And patience to Jelena, it's really disturbing that someone's privacy can be easily destroyed!
@Misayra I always assume incompetence before I assume malice. Someone was lazy with their fact checking. Really you only need one newspaper or site to make a mistake and the rest will pick it up and just assume the first guy had it right.
@FellDrake it was on Amina's personal facebook page! the one she used to communicate with her fans.. with journalist.. with media.. with everyone! it wasn't on her blog.. she even sent the photo to a journalist by email, when she said that she can't meet him!
this guy is really idiot, he is still trying to give stupid excuses for breaking someone privacy!
tarek5882 1 month ago
amina obviously doesnt exist... end of story
magnifico101 4 months ago
Secular Syria don't atacks Gay citizens because acording to the Syrian State sexuality (including homosexuality) is a private matter. Unlike Islamic extremists, (so called wahabbis/ salafists or takfirists), that are atacking Syria's civilians and army forces to overthrow Syrian State, want to impose a Islamic State, where homosexuality will be punished by death penalty. So a Damascus's gay bloguer is a CIA propaganda broadcasting by USA, France, UK and Qatar channels.
choloperuvian 6 months ago 7
Americans are dumbass hicks, can't believe they think they can get away with this shit. May China rape the US.
maugustyniak 6 months ago
Trolling became a profession, This fat 40 year old American, living in Scotland, should be punished for his crime,
dellbalboa 8 months ago
@dellbalboa Successful troll was indeed successful...
jackanoryjames 7 months ago
He looks gay anyways. To pretend that he is a whore living in Syria and then write false stories about Syria to cause problems. That is gay..yeah...That is actually prostetution, I think....
bacharyou1 8 months ago
damn nice looking babe. haha the lib-muslim wet dream amina- gay girl in damacus doesn't exist and is actually a bearded straight man in britian.
desiguy55 8 months ago 3
Professional troll. An art!
madichelp0 8 months ago
bastard liars, propaganda, why
All this Tom MACMASTER bastard.
ERBITONE 8 months ago 3
Fantastic. Tools need to be given the mirror every now and then. The identity theft part is not o.k. though.
HiAdrian 8 months ago
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Typical white people.
maju786 8 months ago
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Tom MacMaster is the biggest idiot on earth. Here is the question? Wouldn't a 40-year-old-man, studying for his masters, have better things to do rather than run a blog with a fictitious name and identity? I hope Jelena Lecic sues him for have stolen her photos and used them illegally.
thecosmopolitandude 8 months ago
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thecosmopolitandude 8 months ago
ma ovo neki Bosanac udara ;)
nvgogolj 8 months ago
@nvgogolj UDARA VAS MUJE I CETE BOG I AMERI.
ERBITONE 8 months ago
@ERBITONE
Sta se ljutis odma pederčiću....samo kazem kako jeste...pojebasmo vam sve zivo :)
nvgogolj 8 months ago
@nvgogolj E pobeguljo,slavenska,glupa tupava,zaostala..da nije vas talibana
i cetnika pravoslavaca,fabrike oruzija i druge bi se davno zatvorile dileo.krele,
ja nisam bez korena i bez indetiteta..moji koreni vuku znanje iz 6.hiljada godina
a bi pripitivstine ce te se uvek bocati i srati jedni drugima.OOOOOOO USA
VOLIM TE OOOOOOOISRALU VOLIM TE I LJUBIM VIVA ISRAEL
ERBITONE 8 months ago
@ERBITONE
ti tebra zalutao i to dobro...neki jehovin svjedok,neka picka materina ? Idi tovi se u Donaldsu i jedi servirana govna nabijem i tebe i USA i Izrael na svoj ponosni slavenski KURAC !
nvgogolj 8 months ago
@nvgogolj *AMERIKA JE ISTINA.AMERIKA JE DEMOKRATIJA.ISRAEL JE MONEY
ISRAEL JE LJUBAV.NA NEBU BOG..NA ZEMLJI PARE..A PARE IMAJU ISRAELCI
I JA VOLIM PARE..MONEY..ATI I TVOJI SLAVENI JEDITE UPOCAK PO BALKANU
I TURSKOJ I PITE VODU I LOKRUM..HE HE HE I NOSITE KOPIJE OD DZINSA IZ
TURSKE I SANDZAKA..OOOOOOAMERIKOOOOOOISRAELU VOLIM TE.
ERBITONE 8 months ago
For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity.
- George Orwell
winston2015 8 months ago
cia stooge. tryin to incite violence you scum.
TheyDidThis 8 months ago
српкињо! :)
kakisse79 8 months ago
@kakisse79 sry nije. žena je iz hrvatske :)
maneken25 8 months ago
@maneken25 pa šta ako je iz hrvatske, ne može biti srpkinja?! lečić je srpsko prezime, helou?
shtefica 8 months ago
The syrian blogger who defends "Amina" must feel like an idiot now
baroh2413 8 months ago
So turns out it's some Turkish guy. Not surprising, these guys are kinda feminine.
tFighterPilot 8 months ago
@tFighterPilot Feel stupid?
scotchprofessor 8 months ago
Well, it's a 40 year old man, and his wife who is the publisher of lezgetreal that stole this lady's identity. Identity theft is the worst thing you can do to someone online. I hope these retards spend the rest of their lives in prison.
b0rk3d 8 months ago 22
@b0rk3d
l don't understand how they too kher pictures anyway....how can someone stole your fb pics if you don't have him in friends ?
nvgogolj 8 months ago
Beautiful person
TheBellyheart 8 months ago
"The true identity of internationally renowned blogger 'A Gay Girl in Damascus' has been revealed as a 40-year-old American man.
Tom MacMaster, a student at the University of Edinburgh, wrote an apology on the blog today, confessing that the entire thing was a hoax.
His admission came after days of questioning and pressure by suspicious readers who did not buy the story that 'blogger' Amina Arraf, a lesbian Syrian-American living in Damascus, had been arrested".
NinaHoney3 8 months ago
The guy keeps being like "ISN'T THIS A CAUTIONARY TALE?" And both of them are kinda like "meh." NO, this is not a "cautionary tale" that you should not post normal face photos online. SORRY, ASSHOLE, stop blaming the victim.
sleepyasthesouth 8 months ago
I can really understand the reason why Jelena is so upset, I mean put yourself in her place, what if it was something else! You can wake up one day and find you are someone else like a terrorist or sth!
And at the same time, that girl under the name of "Amina" has all the reasons to hide her true Identity, I mean the title says it all "Gay Girl in Damascus", But if she true held another Nationality, why didn't she ask for political asylum?! She has that right and she must 've known that!
calme87 8 months ago
amina does not exist, and if she does she's a rotten bitch for ruining someone elses life.
zomgtehrei 8 months ago
I just want to start by saying if Amina does really exist, I hope she's okay and I hope she gets released soon! And gets back to her family safe and sound.
But I do understand why Jelena was so upset. I mean, yeah if you're blogging about politics in Syria, you certainly have EVERY reason to hide your identity, use a fake name,etc, but why steal someone's pictures? Why drag someone else into this? It's just wrong and unfair!
Praying for Amina's safety, whoever she is, wherever she might be!
Maryam0 8 months ago
Surely people can understand the reasons behind Amina not using her own photo. In her defense she probably started off not knowing how popular she'd eventually become but it wasn't a smart move.
Jelena comes across as a complete DICK. Only a brief thought spared for this girl who may well have been kidnapped (and probably tortured). If Amina and her story are real then I hope Jelena looks back at this interview and is ashamed at her stroppy behaviour over a minor inconvenience (in comparison)
rozalozadingdong 8 months ago
@rozalozadingdong Minor Inconvenience? This coward uses another persons picture. I guarantee that you would be a 'DICK' too if someone was using a photo of you for political reasons.
Example: 'Gay man in Damascus.' Uses your photo. Some fanatic recognizes you somehow. You have no idea that your photo is used. This fanatic decides to kill you for going against cultural and religious views. Minor Inconvenience?
Think before you take it upon yourself to judge this woman's thoughts.
JeanetteTherese 8 months ago
@JeanetteTherese First off, a gay guy wouldn't get far using my photo cos I'm not a dude.
I think you've missed the point. It's easy to be completely on Jelena's side if you haven't been following the uprising in Syria. It's no joke... people are being killed, tortured and imprisoned. Amina (if real) is one of the few that have been successful in reporting the truth on what's really going on in the country, at the risk of her own life. I said it was an inconvenience in COMPARISON.
rozalozadingdong 8 months ago
@rozalozadingdong No, I did not miss your point. Your point is naive and thoughtless. This person used someone else's picture, without that persons consent, to protect their own identity while writing about political and cultural uprisings dealing with a group of people that have no problem resorting to violence if needed. It doesn't matter if it was an inconvenience in 'COMPARISON'. It was identity theft and it could have gotten someone who had no part in this charade killed.
JeanetteTherese 8 months ago
@JeanetteTherese Stick to the context! Jelena is NOT in Syria. The Syrian Government are NOT going after foreign citizens. She is NOT at risk of being killed for her sexual identity - there are plenty of homosexuals in london. and, it wasn't identity theft - she didn't steal her name, just her picture, and that happens ALL the time on the internet - just not with high profile bloggers. My original point was made in COMPARISON, so it does matter since it is the argument you chose to reply to.
rozalozadingdong 8 months ago
@rozalozadingdong
you really are an idiot
christiansoldier3434 8 months ago
@rozalozadingdong I am sticking to the context. WE LIVE IN A GLOBAL ERA! With Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social networking, the barriers you seem to think still exist are blurred. The gov may not be going after foreign citizens, but there are always those who are outside the country that agree with what that gov is doing. Her pic was plastered everywhere. Someone could have easily recognized her and taken action.
This blogger was incompetent and careless.
JeanetteTherese 8 months ago
@rozalozadingdong And yes, using someone's picture, without their consent, is identity theft.
JeanetteTherese 8 months ago
@JeanetteTherese That said - I've just read the post of admittance that Amina is not real. If this guy had been living in Syria, I would've still stood by what I said.
rozalozadingdong 8 months ago
im not obliged to warn people against their own stupidity. i leave it to folks like you, who seem more experienced in this matter.
Atterapravaecclesia 8 months ago
Her face wasn't dragged all over the place. It pretty much looked the same throughout the interview.
ARANDOME 8 months ago
@ARANDOME HAHAHHAHA :P
TheArabspring2011 8 months ago
The picture is on one of the profiles she uses to comment on her own comments.. try to squint to see it.. the pictures were also used on her personal facebook page, she communicated with her fans on this page.. she also communicated with media using this particular facebook page.. when she was asked for a personal interview, she sent that same picture with an apology that she can't do the interview for security reasons! .....STILL NOT CONVINCED SHE'S A HOAX! UR AN IDIOT!
mohkat1 8 months ago
If you can't see past the fake picture then you're dumb. Read An Inspector Calls, Inspector Ghoul comes out and corrects all these social wrongs amongst this corrupt family, but it turns out that he wasn't even a real Inspector. So the snobbish, old members of that family then dismiss the advice from Ghoul because he wasn't a real Inspector, whereas the younger generation of that family take his advice anyway and change for the better. Dont take it at face value, this happens in other countries
PrideOfMancunia 8 months ago
"Facebook Privacy Settings not work"?!!! wake up, everything you post is in the internet and if wanted shared, taken...
mirabeau1789y 8 months ago 9
@mirabeau1789y shut up, she didn't know. Not everyone is technology savvy.
MariRosaArts 8 months ago
she/he posted this pics on her facebook page.
twitpic*com/58vu5a
This person fooled everybody but me. I read her blog stories and knew immediately that this was a fraud.
Atterapravaecclesia 8 months ago
@Atterapravaecclesia so why didnt you warn anyone else? you`re just as stupid as everyone else then
elemental12345678900 8 months ago
i don't know if Amina is real or not, but if she is real, i only hope she'll be free. And patience to Jelena, it's really disturbing that someone's privacy can be easily destroyed!
maryaquarius 8 months ago
someone link to this alleged picture on the blog, its not there.
FellDrake 8 months ago
Seriously, the picture never appeared on the Blog!
FellDrake 8 months ago
@FellDrake thats true. I was wondering about that myself..but why would the media use this poor girl's pictures? its so weirdd
Misayra 8 months ago
@Misayra I always assume incompetence before I assume malice. Someone was lazy with their fact checking. Really you only need one newspaper or site to make a mistake and the rest will pick it up and just assume the first guy had it right.
FellDrake 8 months ago 2
@FellDrake yea prob true. It sucks that this women has to suffer for it.
Misayra 8 months ago
@FellDrake it was on Amina's personal facebook page! the one she used to communicate with her fans.. with journalist.. with media.. with everyone! it wasn't on her blog.. she even sent the photo to a journalist by email, when she said that she can't meet him!
mohkat1 8 months ago
The photo never appears on the Gay Girl in Damascus blog, that's not where the news services got it.
FellDrake 8 months ago
this is so scary!! wth!!
Misayra 8 months ago