Reactions to Omar's statements have been like an instant empathy check. It's really easy to look at something and check it against what offends you and then talk about things like "tact" and "wording things properly". It's another thing to realize that she's coming from a perspective which hasn't really had this level of visibility. (Despite many, many people championing these causes for decades!)
This isn't a level of scrutiny given to anyone, not even our word mincemeat producing president. Dogwhistles are put out as false concern. This is real concern she's voicing, people.
If you agree with her but don't like the way she's saying it, you better go out there and find some better ways to say the things she's saying because otherwise this conversation is going to get buried by people who wanted smother it and "allies" who don't want to defend it.
The reason misinformation spreads and is so popular among the right is because they go out and say horrible things, then back it up "Hey, this is the 'truth', sorry if it offends!" and they're able to get away with it because so many on the left are afraid of confronting and airing difficult truths in the name of decorum. So guess what, people are going to sit there and go, "well, I guess they said that, so that's the truth!"
