ABSTRACT
On December 30, 2009, the Ahmadinejad government staged a massive pro-government demonstration in major Iranian cities. His extensive propaganda machinery, abusing the financial resources that belong to Iranian people, called the spectacle a "spontaneous" show of support for the legitimacy of the Islamic Republic, which word, almost instantly in the cyberspace, gave rise to a concocted Persian neologism: "spontaneous-ed". The difference between now and then, or even between now and when the Islamic Revolution was engineered is the miracle of the internet. Within minutes after national television staged its ludicrous show, the internet was flooded with contrary arguments: the difference between people's rallies and the government's rallies. The formula is very simple and has always been the surest sign of the insecurity of the regime and its overtly conscious awareness that it lacks legitimacy. People's livelihood and monthly paycheck depends on taking part in such carnivals of insecurity and banality.
