Guess who said this:

“Our future society will be a free society, and all the elements of oppression, cruelty, and force will be destroyed.”

That’s right, none other than Ayatollah Khomeini, the current religious leader of the ever-so-oppressive Iran. Today marks the anniversary of their revolution which began when Islamic students stormed the US Embassy in Tehran and held hostages for 444 days. We all remember the images from this summer when the Iranian people where insulted by their government when it threw the election for Iran’s next president. For a few weeks, we all hoped that we were witnessing a new revolution in Iran. We prayed that those who we watched die on YouTube at the hands of the regime did not die in vain. Hell, we even joined the fight ourselves by changing our social media avatars to green.

But there was no revolution. The deaths may not have been in vain, but they were later justified by the ruling authorities. And slowly, our avatars went back to full color.

It is important in the course of human events to take note of days like this. When a few people, with a flag and ideals can establish a new government and yet radically compromise the essence of their revolution in a matter of a few decades. Do not forget the people of Iran, but do not think that America is any less open to such brutality. We are one political party with guns, tanks, and a General away from the same reality.

Let us never abandon the deliberative process.