300 reasons to shut the f&$% up!

In typical Hollywood fashion, a new movie has been released and people are pissed off. This time around, Iranians are upset about the new blockbuster "300", which they say depicts Iranians in a negative light and "provokes animosity against Iran." I get really annoyed with people who get all up-in-arms over how their race/culture/sex/etc. gets depicted in a movie. Were black people up in arms about Pooty Tang? Did the Asians send out angry press releases about Harold and Kumar? Absolutely not. A movie afterall is entertainment and most people know that entertainment isn't always reality, especially when you're talking about Hollywood. But it seems that every so often a movie gets released and a new breed of people become shocked and appalled. People from Kazakhstan were pissed about Borat, Jewish people were pissed about The Passion of the Christ and were even more pissed when they realized that Mel Gibson is in fact, a raging anti-semite. Now Iranians are pissed because they are portrayed as "decadent and sexually flamboyant."

Iranians who are actually upset about this movie need to realize they have bigger fish to fry. People don't think Iranians are decadent and sexually flamboyant; they think they are terrorists who like to blow up Americans! It's pretty safe to say they didn't come to that conclusion after watching a movie either. Sadly, the average American doesn't know the difference between an Iranian, an Iraqi, an Indian or a black man. So rather than whine and cry, how about you educate instead.