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NY Post cover on Ilhan and 9/11 sparks chaos on twitter
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Looks like they are stepping it up. Who will take responsibility when Omar gets seriously hurt or worse? Anyone? The israeli lobby has already been trying to defame her. And now the right wing is doing a full court press and the Democrats are silent as usual. Pathetic
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For those not aware still, NY post is trying to weaponize ilhan's faith against her by connecting her beliefs to 9/11
You only need one but, ONE, to go crazy and attempt to harm her. This daily routine by media on both sides and both political parties are trying their best that this occurs, 3 days of outrage occurs, people move on on 4th day and then vested parties hold a celebration on the 5th day that the issue is taken care of
You only need one but, ONE, to go crazy and attempt to harm her. This daily routine by media on both sides and both political parties are trying their best that this occurs, 3 days of outrage occurs, people move on on 4th day and then vested parties hold a celebration on the 5th day that the issue is taken care of
I was curious what the context of her remarks were:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...omars-remarks-context/?utm_term=.176ff139f91d
That was a pretty dumb fucking way to describe it.
Edited to give more context.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...omars-remarks-context/?utm_term=.176ff139f91d
That was a pretty dumb fucking way to describe it.
Edited to give more context.
So much bullshit she has to deal with on a daily basis. She has some serious strength to put it up with and continue on. I'm an agnostic, but she has my full respect. :)
GOP's hatred of muslims is so extremely transparent; just didn't think they'd be this brazen against a congressperson...don't know why I gave them the benefit of the doubt.
There is no shortage in the amount of republican congresspeople that say terrible things, yet where is the scrutiny at this level?
There is no shortage in the amount of republican congresspeople that say terrible things, yet where is the scrutiny at this level?
As bad as this is, is anyone who isn't already hating on Omar going to be swayed by some disreputable tabloid?
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Posted it in the other thread but appropriate here:
Republicans falsely claim Ilhan Omar denied 9/11 attackers were terrorists
Republicans falsely claim Ilhan Omar denied 9/11 attackers were terrorists
Yes. There's no other way to interpret it at this point.
We're in "will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" territory.
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You really think Jake "islamophobe" tapper will do a report on this ?
Yes, it was a moronic summation on her part. But the Post's response is just epically stupid...until I realized who owns the Post, and then yeah it's about as you'd expect.
It is a really dumb way to describe it, reading the full quote doesn't make it much better. It completely downplays the atrocity of 9/11.
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Go on..how much does she bear responsibility for being really specific in words to satisfy your bigotry
I'm not "blaming her", I'm literally quoting her remarks to give what she said context. Her description of terrorists as "some people" is pretty asinine no matter how you spin it.
She's being dragged through the mud, and the public reaction is largely ambivalent or malicious. Cortez may be a golden child now, but eventually her public popularity won't be worth the trade of the beliefs and methods. She'll face the same fate eventually.
it's far more likely to be a Fox News viewer who tries to kill her, obviously, but anyone (falsely) accusing Omar of antisemitism has helped/is helping enable this
Ah yes both sides. She didnt describe 9/11 in the sufficient way for you, so its a wash right. Give me a break
She has literally nothing to apologize for and the people against her are smear merchants
NY Post's cover is completely out of line but her comments are genuinely idiotic.
People will still go to bat for her here though.
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Does she have a special responsibility to chose her words on 9/11?
Fucking hell... There's really no bottom for these fucking snakes, is there?
Hopefully they don't go the Thatcher route and cremate his corpse. I'd like an actual grave I can visit and take an epic, steaming dump on.
Hopefully they don't go the Thatcher route and cremate his corpse. I'd like an actual grave I can visit and take an epic, steaming dump on.
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This is coming from bigotry. You are essentially saying she is in a position to use special words to satisfy you on how she describes 9/11 due to ..... what exactly ?
This shit is getting ridiculous, and not to mention dangerous. They caught the last person who threatened to kill her, but how many more are provoked because of these lies? If anything happens to Omar the people who participated in the smear campaign against her will have her blood on their hands, and yes, that includes those on ERA too.
Then again, considering the circumstances surrounding that shit show y'all probably don't really care if a black muslim dies anyway.
Then again, considering the circumstances surrounding that shit show y'all probably don't really care if a black muslim dies anyway.
She's making the point that the terrorists were not representatives of an entire religion and that they did not act on behalf of all people of that religion.
They were just some people who did something.
No? What are you even asking me? All I'm saying is that it was a stupid decision to describe a terrorist act as "some people did something."
It's the same exact thing as people complaining that Trump or Obama won't call the perpetrators who do the heinous acts exactly what they are.
Instead of calling them terrorists, she calls them "some people"
You can't have it both ways. The same people get upset when trump doesn't call them white nationalists. Which is he should
Do me a favor fellow NYers and grab your favorite fluid and just dump it over the stack of papers in your store of choice.
Oh yeah. One of the people who has objectively done the most damage to Australia, the UK and US in the last 40 odd years. I'll raise a glass when the evil fuck dies
I understand the point she was making, but she did an extremely poor job of making it.
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Why does she have the onus to use words to satisfy an event to satisfy you . Your post didn't even mention the bigotry . It went head on into her words first. Both siding it. This Eminates of not trusting her