Posted on 03/07/2019 6:29:24 AM PST by C19fan
The firestorm around Rep. Ilhan Omar’s recent tweets about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and criticism of Israel has drawn attention to what language rises to the level of anti-Semitism, the shameful double standards for Muslims and people of color, and how anti-Semitism is often hypocritically used as a political bludgeon. GOP leadership has called for an official censure and her removal from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and House Democrats called for a resolution this week denouncing anti-Semitism after Omar recently tweeted, “I should not be expected to have allegiance/pledge support to a foreign country in order to serve my country,” which some have said plays on the anti-Semitic trope of dual loyalty. Notably, no such outrage from Republican members of Congress emerged after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy used anti-Semitic tropes during the 2018 midterm election or during much of the tenure of Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who has a long history of making offensive comments about race and white nationalism.
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She is being hazed BECAUSE people are listening.
It’s the same reason Jake Blues hates Illinois Nazis. :)
and by proxy so aren’t the WP folks apparently
Bezos defends anti-Semitism.
Wajahat Ali and Rabia Chaudry can go...well, I don’t want to get banned (fairly) again for foul language.
I have family still in and I support Italy/Sicily’s fight to get rid of muslim hordes.
Got nothing to do with my feelings about MY COUNTRY, which is the US.
Get back to me when the US and Italy are at war again.
Till then I see no conflict of interest.
I support England’s Brexit move.
And Israel.
Sue me.
Wajahat Ali and Rabia Chaudry - Bite me.
The authors of this “listen to poor Omar” screed would do well to remind us who in the GOP ever referred to ObaMao as a Motherf-——. Didn’t happen.
Yeah, THEY don't have an agenda at all...
Shame on Minnesota for electing this woman.
So just because the religion she embraces calls for the destruction of Israel, and her comments criticize Israel, we are supposed to assume she is not anti-Semitic?
Want to “combat hate”? Stop subscribing to the Washington Post.
And there go the Dems putting party before common sense again ...
Hey Wajahat and Rabia, I couldn’t agree more with BBQToadRibs. Your support of a fellow Muslim extremist is perfectly understandable. My opinion that she should be censored and investigated for collusion with terrorists is also understandable.
Agree...she should listen.
But hazing a muslim extremist is just so much FUNNNN!
BS. Omar is being criticised for very good reason, and I am STILL wondering HOW she ever made it to OUR Congress. She needs to be GONE, along with the other traitors squatting in DC.
I will never listen to a muslim. They support an ideology of complete control by islam and I will never submit.
JoMa
The political reality, however unpleasant, should not be overlooked. Omar does not exist in a social or cultural vacuum. She has broad based support within the Democratic Party as evidenced by the open support she is receiving.
“Shame on Minnesota for electing this woman.”
Michigan sent one too. One look at her district tells all.
Two knuckleheads defending an antisemite and they both write this for the Compost. This is surprising....
The only good muzzie,,,,,
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