By John Ballard
When I find a string of tweets that look like they belong together in a coherent form, my impulse is to grab them quick before they get swept away like sand sculptures at the beach. This morning's composition is fourth in a collection beginning here, here and here.
Mahmoud Salem aka Sandmonkey is a long-time treasure of the blogworld whose commentaries and insights have been drumming away for years. Since January his blog posts have been models of journalistic excellence. Like everyone else, prior to the revolution all he could do was point to an endless string of problems and issues crying out for correction. Take a look at this post from last year. Finally, he is apparently writing a book.
The political shelf life of any politician in Egypt now is 1 week.
Remember when Hamzawy was relevant? Seems so long ago!Watch as the egyptian people turn on the salafis..watch as the MB freak out & start distancing themselves from them. It's beautiful.
Watch as the MB gets so freaked out they come out saying that THEY "want a civil state".
Watch as the Sufis stand up to the islamists.
Watch as the poeple on the street start creating a parallel structure to the parties, but more representitive & r doing it on their own.
Watch as 10 year old's who went to vote with their parents at the referendum start having this experience engrained in their psyche. #HOPE
Watch as the 12 year olds start watching all the big issues debated now on TV, & how it will inform them 6 years from now when they vote.
Watch as teens in general watch the protest & take notes, & see what they will do when they go to college.
Watch as an entire society becomes politically aware, believes in freedom of speech, confronting corruption & protesting as their right. Watch as society becomes self-correcting, as the forces of darkness become unable to deceive day by day. WATCH!And please look around at every stupid person that u know in a position of power & think: BOY, UR DAYS ARE NUMBERED!
In 8 years, we will be seeing a whole new Egypt. We can't see it now, coz things are happening so fast TIME feels like its standing still. And just watch the ripple effect of that hit everyone & everything, EVERYWHERE! What we started will echo down in history. I mean, people, u think the military will take over? They are scared shitless. They are trying their best to control this powder-keg. :)
Watch as they will do anything they can to be out in 7 months. This is how far we have come: Military rule now has an end date! You fear we are losing the revolution? It's already everywhere. You just don't see it outside ur group of friends. U have noo idea!
People, u worry about the Islamists? They angerd the sufis, the hippies of Islam, who outnumber them 2:1.
Islamists meen bas!
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