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Posted on 08/16/2019 1:16:56 PM PDT by jazusamo
This is a remarkable op-ed in The Independent that hauls out the crying towel for Rep. Ilhan Omar and claims: "No politician in living memory has been treated as badly as Ilhan Omar."
And the fault is racist America.
In fact. the mainstream media fawns over Omar, giving her hateful, bigoted views loving attention whenever she opens her mouth.
Apparently, the author of this love letter to Omar, Tasmiha Kahn, is also a woman "of colour who wears a headscarf." But far more than the superficial resemblance to Omar, Ms. Khan shares the same far-left philosophy as her role model.
The propaganda campaign against Omar shows no signs of stopping. This is not only an attack on Omar and her family, but all minorities that make up the fabric of this nation. Given that Omar is a visibly Muslim woman, who wears a headscarf, there are serious ramifications for people like me.Like Omar, I am a Muslim American who also happens to be a person of colour. The combination of hijab and being brown does not always go down well in our predominantly white society.
Being "different" never does "go down well" in any society. Try being gay in the black community -- or in a Muslim community for that matter.
Because of my appearance, I am all too often subjected to judgement. This makes me feel like anything I say, like Omar, has the potential to be taken out of context. It makes me feel that I, like Omar, am also under the magnifying glass. I should not have to fear for my life or that of any other Muslim. If we allow such cruel rhetoric to snowball, we are contributing towards our own demise.
Being "subjected to judgment" is part of the human condition. It's crazy not to expect some slack-jawed mouthbreathers to make fun or hurl taunts or say hateful things of a woman wearing a scarf. It's also disturbing that many in Khan's position easily imagine that stares by ordinary people are somehow racist. They could be staring at her for any number of reasons, not just because of her race or religion.
In fact. the mainstream media fawns over Omar, giving her hateful, bigoted views loving attention whenever she opens her mouth. I would surmise she is treated a lot more fairly than most conservatives. Ms. Kahn must be talking about internet trolls, Twitter bullies, and others who post threats and insults and have -- most of them -- a very small, equally stupid audience.
From the start of our democracy, politicians have proudly held starkly different views. But have attacks ever been as vicious as they are against Omar? We need to get back to a time of civil debate instead of attacks and censorship. And I’m not just talking about Trump: many Democrats have also facilitated the silencing of Omar.
Is Khan really as oblivious to reality as this? What planet does she live on? For more than 40 years, every single prominent conservative figure has been forced to endure hate and vitriol unlike anything seen before in American politics. Is it an accident that Omar accuses everyone and their brother of being a "racist" or "anti-Muslim" -- just like Ms. Khan?
We should not weep for a woman -- Muslim or not -- who accuses Jews of controlling the government or of "genocide" or who charges white people as a race with oppression, racial supremacy, and hatred. She -- and those who defend her using the same tactics -- will get no sympathy from those of us who have endured the lies, exaggerations, and misstatements of fact from the far left-wing for most of our lives.
they should be tried and executed.
then they won’t ‘fell so poorly’ anymore
the law could or should put these evil anti_American witches out of their ‘misery’
Palin isn’t even a politician anymore, but she is routinely reviled.
If Omar was being treated the way she deserved, there’d be a run on tar, feathers, and fence rails.
Ilhan Omar can go to Hell.
Well said, true.
“Snowflakesville” keeps getting bigger!
Now do JFK.
Sounds like something out of the original SNL crew or maybe the old National Lampoon.
IMO, she's in grave danger of that. Literally.
She needs to repent of her murderous mohammedan ideology.
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Yes, I agree with that.
It would help her outlook on this world a whole lot.
All we need to know about any of these stories is that Islam is an Evil, hate full, hate filled, death cult!
Once that is understood, all the rest falls into place!
Has she been physically attacked like Senator Rand Paul (R)? What about shot and almost killed like Congressman Steve Scalise (R)? Hounded at restaurants, thrown out of public places?
No? Well then, stuff it.
More Muslim crocodile tears and pity mes.
If given the chance I would kick her brown ass till it is black and blue. Nothing but disrespect for a dispicable woman that to me is offensive by just being
So tired of politicians trying to outdo each other at the victim games.
Totally agree.
I’ll never forget her questioning and insulting Elliot Abrams in the Committee hearing and having a s*** eating grin on her face the whole time, she’s the scum of the earth.
Probably......the scum have no rules of behavior.......except who and how to kill.
Nobody should be surprised if you are unwelcome in Israel when you are anti-semitic. Time to grow up and understand that your words and actions have consequences.
AOC Democrat pal, Rep. Pig-Ilhan Omar, castigated supporters of President Donald Trump by claiming America's problem with ignorance is "pervasive." Omar appeared on the Nation’s "Next Left" podcast with host John Nichols to discuss various issues, including the intelligence of Trump supporters.
"So suddenly you’re elected, and you had this teaching moment. It strikes me that, in watching you, you are conscious of teaching moments and of that opportunity to say something that might cause people to think differently about what’s going on," Nichols said.
Pig-Ilan Omar said U.S. voters "have a misconception" about refugees and the process they face getting into the United States. She went on to specifically target Republicans in her criticism, saying they "are really good at misinformation and sort of really reorganizing facts to sort of paint a picture that really eventually is not rooted in facts."
She said Minnesota Republicans who want to stop refugees from coming to the state spread misinformation about how refugee resettlement works. "There are agencies that run the resettlement program. This is a process that’s run through them. If you end that contract, it’s not that refugees are not going to be resettled, it’s that the state just doesn’t get informed," Omar said. "And so the only leverage you have is that you are part of this contract and you can be part of the negotiations on how many people get resettled in your state." (Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
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Omar, the Clitless Wonder, is an ill-mannered, felonious, declitorized inbred, an Islamist from a country that is a big cultural zero.
The creepy, slimy rag-head calls Trump supporters ignorant. That's a lot like deplorable.
Tucker Carlson called this declitorized Muslim woman and self-proclaimed Somali refugee “someone who hates our country” and who came to the U.S. “at public expense,” noting that she “demanding the abolition of ICE, the decriminalization of illegal immigration itself, and an end to all deportation programs.” “She demands open borders, the unlimited arrival of anyone who wants to come to America, whether they have anything to contribute or not; and taxpayers get to pay for it. And if you don’t want to, according to "the African" you’re a bigot,” Carlson said.
Tucker rightly tagged the despicable Pig-Ilan Omar “a living symbol of America’s failed immigration system.” (Excerpt) Read more at bizpacreview.com ...
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