>>>>Interesting. I wonder if Ahmadinejad really thinks anyone believes him.
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>>>Just trying to imagine G2WB showing up on Chinese TV and being asked "are there any Communists in the US, and do they get equal treatment?".
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>>He would proudly step up and tell them that everyone gets equal treatment in the U.S. - even communists. And he'd believe it too.
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>I'd feel a lot more comfortable being a Communist in the US ( in 1952 if you like ) than being gay in Iran.

Me too, but that doesn't mean that everybody in the U.S. gets equal treatment. It only means that those who are not treated especially well are treated better than those treated badly in Iran.

It's a matter of degree only.