A student recently found herself at the center of a social media storm after expressing a controversial opinion about moving to Iran to escape the influence of Donald Trump. Alongside her LGBT friend, she suggested that life in the Middle Eastern nation might be preferable to the current situation in America.
In a campus interview conducted by conservative commentator Kaitlin Bennett, the student lauded the Iranian regime. She argued that, contrary to popular belief, it offers a better environment for women than the United States. The student cited the handling of the Epstein Files as evidence of America’s shortcomings regarding women’s rights.
Bennett, taken aback by the assertion, questioned the student’s understanding of freedoms available in the U.S. “You have the freedom to follow whatever religion you want, including none at all, and you’re going to tell me that this is a worse place to be as a woman than Iran?” she asked incredulously.
The student, standing firm in her opinion, simply replied, “Yes.” However, she seemed to overlook the fact that in Iran, being gay is illegal and can result in severe penalties, including the death penalty and long prison terms. Additionally, under Iran’s strict Islamic laws, women are required to wear hijabs in public and face numerous societal restrictions.
‘Yes,’ the student bluntly said back.
She appeared unaware that being gay is illegal in the Iranian regime, and same-sex activity can be punishable by death and lengthy prison sentences. Under the nation’s Islamic rule, women must wear hijabs at all times in public and routinely live under harsh restrictions.
Bennett – a pro-gun advocate who first captured headlines in 2018 for brandishing an assault rifle at her graduation ceremony – said she was stunned by the student’s apparent lack of knowledge about the Iranian regime.
‘What do you think happens in Iran to their women?’ she questioned. ‘Do you think that place is a good place for women?’
The student responded: ‘I think their women have the right to choose where they want to live and what they want to follow.’
A woke Florida student has been brutally mocked after telling conservative commentator Kaitlin Bennett she and her LGBT friend want to move to Iran to get away from Donald Trump because it is ‘better for women’
‘In Iran?’ Bennet said back, to which the student said she felt the Iranian regime was just misunderstood.
The student continued: ‘I think that people have misconceptions about religion, especially with Muslims and Islamic regions.’
Bennet said she ‘did not expect you to be so pro-Ayatollah and pro-dictator’, to which the student responded: ‘Well, yeah, we have a dictator in our country.’
The conservative commentator then challenged the student to take a fully funded trip to Iran to test her theory about it being freer than America, which the student said she would take.
Her friend, who said he was part of the LGBT community, also said he would take the trip, saying: ‘Sure I would, why not?’
Bennett added: ‘I’ll send you there, and you can try kissing a woman there, you try walking your dog in Tehran, and we’ll see how far you get.’
After the students said they would take Bennett up on her offer, the influencer set up a GiveSendGo fundraiser to raise the money for their trip to Iran.
Bennett set up a fundraiser to send the students to Iran to test their theory that Iran is ‘better for women’
Bennett is a pro-gun advocate who first captured headlines in 2018 for brandishing an assault rifle at her graduation ceremony
As of Wednesday, the fundraiser had more than $1,600, and Bennett set a target of $2,400 to pay for two round-trip tickets from Tampa to Tehran.
Bennett wrote in the fundraiser that if the students failed to go on the trip, either through not providing their documentation, failing to meet legal requirements to fly or being unable to travel due to the ongoing conflict in Iran, ‘all proceeds’ will be donated to the anti-abortion group Options For Women Pregnancy Help Clinic.
The clinic aims to ‘erase the need for abortion through effectively serving pregnant at-risk women by transforming their fear into confidence’, Bennett said.
