Posted on 04/23/2019 8:13:04 AM PDT by DeweyCA
Sometimes, a few sentences tell you more about a person — and, more importantly, an ideology — than a learned thesis. That is the case with tweets from Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama two days ago in response to the mass murder of more than 300 Christians and others in Sri Lanka.
Their tweets are worth serious analysis because they reveal a great deal about the left. Of course, they reveal a great deal about Clinton and Obama, too, but that doesn’t interest me.
And that, too, is important. Many Americans — especially conservatives and “independents” — are more interested in individual politicians than in political ideologies.
Many conservatives have long been fixated on Clinton — so much so that probably any other Democrat would have defeated Donald Trump, as conservative anger specifically toward her propelled many people to the polls. Similarly, Republican Never-Trumpers are fixated on Trump rather than policy. They care more about Trump’s personal flaws than about the mortal dangers the left poses to America and the West or about the uniquely successful conservative policies Trump promulgates.
And independents all claim to vote “for the person, not the party.”
Only leftists understand that one must vote left no matter who the Democrat is, no matter who the Republican opponent is. Leftists are completely interchangeable: There is no ideological difference among the 20 or so Democrats running for president. Mayor Pete Buttigieg is not one degree to the right of Kamala Harris or Elizabeth Warren.
That is why it is important to understand Clinton and Obama’s tweets: to understand the left, not to understand her or him.
Here are the tweets:
Obama: “The attacks on tourists and Easter worshippers in Sri Lanka are an attack on humanity. On a day devoted to love, redemption, and renewal, we pray for the victims and stand with the people of Sri Lanka.”
Three hours later, Clinton tweeted: “On this holy weekend for many faiths, we must stand united against hatred and violence. I’m praying for everyone affected by today’s horrific attacks on Easter worshippers and travelers in Sri Lanka.”
As they both spelled “worshipers” the same idiosyncratic way and used the term “Easter worshippers,” it is likely they either had the same writers or Clinton copied Obama.
Here’s what’s critical: Neither used the word “Christians.” And in order to avoid doing so, they went so far as to make up a new term — “Easter worshippers” — heretofore unknown to any Christian.
When Jews were murdered at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Clinton mentioned the synagogue in a tweet. But in her post-Sri Lanka tweet, despite the bombing of three churches filled with Christians, Clinton made no mention of church or churches. In a tweet after the massacre of Muslims in New Zealand, she wrote that her heart broke for “the global Muslim community.” But in her latest tweet, not a word about Christians or the global Christian community.
Obama similarly wrote in his tweet about New Zealand that he was grieving with “the Muslim community” over the “horrible massacre in the Mosques.” But in his tweet about Sri Lanka, there is no mention of Christians or churches.
The reason neither of them mentioned Christians or churches is that the left has essentially forbidden mention of all the anti-Christian murders perpetrated by Muslims in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and of all the Muslim desecration of churches in Europe, Africa and anywhere else. This is part of the same phenomenon — that I and others have documented — of British police and politicians covering up six years of rape of 1,400 of English girls by Muslim “grooming gangs” in Rotherham and elsewhere in England.
Essentially, the left’s rule is that nothing bad — no matter how true — may be said about Muslims or Islam and nothing good — no matter how true — may be said of Christians or Christianity.
Clinton’s post-New Zealand tweet also included these words: “We must continue to fight the perpetuation and normalization of Islamophobia and racism in all its forms. White supremacist terrorists must be condemned by leaders everywhere. Their murderous hatred must be stopped.”
She made sure to condemn “Islamophobia,” but she wrote not a word about the far more destructive and widespread hatred of Christians in the Muslim world, seen in Muslims’ virtual elimination of the Christian communities in the Middle East, the regular murder and kidnappings of Coptic Christians in Egypt and the murder of Christians in Nigeria. She calls on “leaders everywhere” to condemn “white supremacist terrorists,” one of the smallest hate groups on Earth, but never calls on leaders everywhere to condemn Islamist terrorists, the largest hate group on Earth.
These two tweets tell you a lot about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. But far more importantly, they tell you a lot about the left.
Prager also makes the very important point that Republicans should campaign against Leftism, not just the individual Dem candidates. This is especially true in "purple" states and districts because voters need to know that even if a Dem Congressman seems "moderate." he will be forced to vote with Pelosi and the Dems in any critical votes, and his initial vote for Speaker will put Dems in control of all of the House or Senate committees.
I’m waiting for them to use the terms: “Yom Kippur Worshippers” or “Ramadan Worshippers” ?
BBC’s Yalda Hakim called it The Festival of Easter ,D’oh
The evil of Islam runs rampant on humanity because the global communist cabal leaders want it to. Islam is the hand of the cabal.
How long would Islam last if the full force of world media & opinion were focused on it? The level of scrutiny that President Trump continues to experience? Islam would be whipped into submission.
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In the USA it’s worshipers, and in the UK worshippers. Neither one is “right.” Each is used in its country.
But the point is well made. The bastards did not compose the words. They copied them from a third source. Omitting the word Christian shows where their minds are: bringing about the elimination of Christianity, their fondest wish.
These leftists hate this country, which they believe is Christian, and want to eliminate it. If that means letting islamists come in and take over, so be it.
FALSANI:
What do you believe?
OBAMA:
I am a Christian....
On the other hand, I was born in Hawaii where obviously there are a lot of Eastern influences.
I lived in Indonesia, the largest Muslim country in the world, between the ages of six and 10.
My father was from Kenya, and …. his father was Muslim.
... I believe that there are many paths to the same place, and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people.
Read more at https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/2008/11/obamas-interview-with-cathleen.html#5KwURqacDTl7OGmT.99
That is precisely why I became so angry with fellow Republican voters in Alabama when they stayed home and did not vote for Roy Moore. I don't particularly like Judge Moore, but he is a million times better than the best Democrat for the very reason you cite.
That may be true. (also may not be...Romney lost because GOP turnout was so low because "Meh...Romney")
And if true, we could easily make liberals see HER as the cause of their defeat.
They love to be angry at someone.
At minimum we should push that narrative.
At bare minimum I would love to see liberals turn on her. She could never withstand ACTUAL scrutiny, and a democrat chapion could be seen as arising who is "not the clintons"
“I believe that there are many paths to the same place”
WRONG
John 14:6 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Although the church is protected by God’s special providence (Rev 12:16), the individual Christian is to expect persecution and suffering.
After 69 years, that's news to me. I've always understood Easter to be the celebration of the resurrection of Christ. Other than Christianity, I've never heard of any other "faith" believing the resurrection as being holy. Which "faith" am I missing?
The man needs to read my tagline.
So, is it okay for me to refer to Muslims as “Pedophile Worshipers”??
More and more we’re seeing what is obviously bot (is that the term?) tweets from politicians. The same sort of tweets, but even closer word by word, on the Notre Dame fire.
Sure, islam celebrates... wait, nope.
“How long would Islam last if the full force of world media & opinion were focused on it? “
As long as it wanted to I suppose. Christianity still slogs on despite the full force of the media and world opinion. And unlike islam it doesn’t kill people who leave the religion. Islam has a captive audience. Those people are not going anywhere with or without the world media or opinion.
I had the same question when watching Tucker the other night. He showed a collage of Dim politicians, reporters and pundits using the word "DAMNING" about the Mueller report. My wife was watching and told her there must be some talking points from some NGO or individual that is circulated among them. As we know, those orgs and individuals above do it time and again. It's more than curious to me now.
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