THE CASE OF KAREN ATTIAH

Powerline ^ | 28 Oct 2023 | Scott Johnson

[Rummyfan]

In the adjacent post Cliff May refers in passing to Washington Post global affairs columnist Karen Attiah’s sympathy for Hamas and hostility to Israel. Megyn Kelly commented on Attiah’s sympathies on X/Twitter and the New York Post set forth the background necessary to understand what it’s all about:

Megyn Kelly slammed a Washington Post columnist as a “rabid antisemite” after the opinion writer liked a tweet that shrugged off Hamas’ horrifying displays of violence in its bid to replace Israel with an Islamic state.

The SiriusXM host on Tuesday tweeted a screenshot showing Karen Attiah — who pens a weekly newsletter for WaPo on international affairs, culture and human rights — was among the 101,000-plus people who “liked” a controversial post by Najma Sharif.

The post, which Sharif shared with her 42,200 followers, appeared to call Hamas’ bloodthirsty display of violence in Israel — which has resulted in at least 1,200 Israeli deaths as of Wednesday — simply an end to justify the means.

“What did y’all think decolonization meant? vibes? papers? essays? losers,” wrote Sharif, a freelance journalist who’s written for the likes of Teen Vogue and InStyle, including cover stories for Dazed and Paper Magazine.

[Rummyfan]

And TPTB at the WaPo (aka Pravda on the Potomac) wonder why they have so few subscribers.

[kiryandil]

“Hamas Karen”, ullulating with the best of the Hammies.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

And TPTB at the WaPo (aka Pravda on the Potomac) wonder why they have so few subscribers.

I doubt they wonder that - they've chosen to cater to the beliefs and dogma of a very specific left-wing reading audience, and they tailor their content accordingly.

[nopardons]

BTTT

[heartwood]

Karen Attiah is an anti-white racist, who hates the nations of the West. Why would her being an anti-Semite be a surprise? Jews are successful, white, colonialist oppressors to any BIPOC on the left.

[heartwood]

There is a huge difference in the comments at the WaPo and the NYT. WaPo is nearly all reflexive sneering, much of it badly written. NYT has thoughtful responses, quite a few critical of the Left’s narrative, well written, far less sneering.

Your DC tax-fed civil servants at the keyboard?

[Guenevere]

Honestly, because of our great country, we have ‘free speech’

…but people like this and other anti Israel/anti American haters

…should lose their privilege, especially in light of their antipathy/ lack of human kindness toward the grieving people of Israel

….and should be flown, shipped or kicked into the welcoming arms of ‘hamas’

We take mollycoddling to an unbelievable degree of stupidity!

To our detriment…..to our great detriment!

[Menehune56]

[Rummyfan]

Honestly, because of our great country, we have ‘free speech’ …but people like this and other anti Israel/anti American haters …should lose their privilege, especially in light of their antipathy/ lack of human kindness toward the grieving people of Israel...

Attiah is entitled to her opinions, abhorrent as they may be. But that does not entitle her to a platform such as the WaPo to spew them from. Fire her and let her rant on X like any other nut job.

[FlingWingFlyer]

African Queen Karen seems to have a massive chip on her shoulder. The ho wants to kill white women. She needs her ass dropped out of a plane somewhere over her beloved “darkest Africa”. She spends too much time watching black bigot movies.

[Guenevere]

Yeah but they won’t!
She’ll be affirmed for her hate

Even Fox keeps giving air time to anti Israel haters…..with their marches and destroying posters of missing Jewish families.

[Guenevere]

To my knowledge I have never advocated kicking anyone…….until now.
I am not proud of it …….and I will personally repent….

..but I’ve read enough about the Holocaust that the prevailing attitude towards Jewish people is frightening…..
….
…and mark my words, after the Jews…it will be open season on Christians…( at some level it already is)

I am shamed what the world is seeing on our streets regarding the Jewish people,
However!
….To their great honor, our local Republicans stood on our streets with posters honoring Israel…AND our awesome sheriff joined them!
….

[linMcHlp]

bttt

[SunkenCiv]

• Hamas Leader Appointed Senior Fellow At Harvard University [10/27/2023]

[piasa]

Wash PO partly owned by Pierre Omidyar.... who has an Iranian-French background, as I recall.

[Stanwood_Dave]

Excellent description. I had to look up the word ululating (ululate)

Ululation

Long vocal sound resembling a howl

Ululation (from Latin ululo), is a long, wavering, high-pitched vocal sound resembling a howl with a trilling quality. It is produced by emitting a high pitched loud voice accompanied with a rapid back and forth movement of the tongue and the uvula.

Thanks for the education.

[Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi]

Here in my neck of the woods in Texas there is a large Baptist church that has Israeli flags prominently displayed around the sanctuary.

[Texas Fossil]

From: the Washington ☭Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/karen-attiah/

Karen Attiah
Washington, D.C.
Columnist writing on international affairs, culture and human rights issues.

Education: Northwestern University, BA in communication studies, minor in African Studies; Columbia University, master's in international affairs
Karen Attiah is a columnist for The Washington Post and writes a weekly newsletter. She joined The Post in 2014 as a digital producer in the Opinions section. Attiah often writes on issues relating to race, gender and international politics, with a special interest in Africa. Previously, she reported as a freelancer for the Associated Press while based in the Caribbean. Attiah was the winner of the 2019 George Polk Award and was the 2019 Journalist of the Year from the National Association of Black Journalists.
Honors and Awards: 2019 George Polk Special Award; 2019 Journalist of the Year, National Association of Black Journalists; 2019 Harriet Beecher Stowe Freedom Writer Award; The Root 100, 2019; Essence Magazine, “Woke 100”, 2019; Salute to Excellence Award for Digital Commentary, National Association of Black Journalists 2018

Professional Affiliations: National Association of Black Journalists

Languages spoken in addition to English: Spanish

Books by Karen Attiah:

Say Your Word, Then Leave