Trump targets Rep. Ilhan Omar with video of the Twin Towers burning
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/13/president-trump-targets-rep-ilhan-omar-with-video-twin-towers-burning/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9c6ea5b37504
President Trump on Friday tweeted a video attacking Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for the way she phrased a reference to 9/11, adding fuel to a controversy that has swelled in
Republican political circles this week. By Saturday morning, dozens of lawmakers and public figures had denounced the social media post and the sentiments behind it.
The video showed snippets of comments Omar made last month at a banquet for a Muslim civil rights organization interspersed with footage of the twin towers burning.
“WE WILL NEVER FORGET!” Trump tweeted, along with the video.
The remarks in question came in March, as Omar, one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, spoke about Islamophobia at an event held by the Council on
American-Islamic Relations, a civil liberties group.
The speech had drawn a protest outside at the time and even news coverage from conservative-leaning outlets such as the Washington Times, which noted that she told fellow
Muslims to “raise hell,” and “make people uncomfortable,” as they sought to defend their rights. But this week conservatives began to fixate on a different portion of the
speech, after CAIR posted a video on Tuesday: the four words she used to refer to 9/11, as “some people did something.”
I have no idea how I can still be suprised by this man
How can you be this blatantly racist and have a clear conscience, I don't fucking understand how people can live their lives like this
My conscience is far from clear and I've never even put children in internment camps
I guess there's a lot about people I don't understand
you and that orange fuckstick share this attribute
Didn't he gloat about having the tallest buildings in NYC after the towers fell
Terrorist in Chief does it again
ahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HOLY SHIT
everyone has been so fucking retarded lately and the world has felt increasingly more and more retarded but holy SHIT THIS WAS THE PEAK OF ABSURDITY THIS WEEK LMAO
HOLY SHIT THIS IS FUCKING HILARIOUS WHAT THE FUCK HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA
what
YEAH USA YEAH
(unless we're talking about Russia, yay russiaaaa)
This is not only borderline satirical, is also unbelievably dangerous, and I have no idea how NOBODY that can make an actual stand and have his/her opinion be heard and make things change, says a thing.
This piece of shit is literaly poking extremist domestic terrorists like neo nazis further into the mentality of "you should go after all non-whites", and nobody says a damn thing about it.
How is this a thing in 2019?
Guys. Satire stops being Satire when its fucking Reality. This should be viewed in fucking outrage. Not thinking its Comedic entertainment.
The dust from them falling hadn't even settled yet when he said it
lol, its hard to give a fuck anymore when everyone is a fucking retard lmao
this is just fucking absurd. parliamentary election in finland is tomorrow too so im gonna get to follow that shitshow too and how people lose their shit. this fucking "orange man bad" "fucking libcuck" identity politics shit that is 99% of modern day interactions is unsalvageable and its just nothing but a fun stupid retarded shitshow to look at
That's the point. You're meant to be so overwhelmed by the absurdity of it all that you fail to comprehend the seriousness of it. Your sardonic outlook is unintentionally serving the interests of authoritarians. Wake up and get serious.
eh, people lose their shit regardless.
especially in finland there is fucking nothing i can support
the social liberal eco parties just devolve into virtue signaling and they're completely fucking blind to the problems caused by a massive influx of barely controlled refugees
the social conservative parties basically have nothing to say but "traditional family lets fix immigration" and then basically be unable to do anything
and then you have people who wanna privatise everything like morons and fuck up the national debt more and more and then you have this super large ass party that does nothing but "serve" the rural parts of the country while doing nothing but fucking them and everyone over and then you have the largest party atm that is basically doing nothing but promoting more pension for old people and where they get the money from is people's fucking paychecks
Her statements shouldn't be controversial, but they are, because America still hasn't gotten the fuck over 9/11. It's been the catch-all excuse to ignore all the shit we've done in the middle east before and after it happend, almost none of which was ever justified.
https://twitter.com/CyclonatorZ/status/1116070871075098630
remember everything he says is protected politispeech as he's the king president
He's asked if there's any damage and he responds by boasting about its height. What a fucking joke.
I'm not viewing it as satire.
I'm saying this USED to be satire.
Muslims make Trump voters uncomfortable by existing.
You're falling into the Trap that they want you to do. Its the trap of Apathy. Where they convince you "Everything is terrible" so they have nothing to challenge them with.
And what do you expect him to actually do? All the choices on the ballet are differently flavored shit piles that all do the same thing, protesting doesn't accomplish much of anything when the powers-that-be just shrug, turn up the music, and carry on as if nothing happened, and accountability is nearly nonexistent.
It's fine and dady saying 'hey don't be apathetic', but unless you can show them something that actually helps with the problem at hand, you're just going to annoy them.
I apologize for this rant in advance but this has been on my mind lately and this is the perfect opportunity to do so. I I’m a little tired of all the blind cynic/apathetic bashing everywhere. Criticizing someone’s attitude for being selfish when a person already thinks the future is bleak isn’t going to change their mind. All that does is reinforce their views and widen that dichotomy among people who would otherwise work together on the same issues. Believing nothing will change and making sure nothing will change are two different things. You can be apathetic about politics and still vote, you can be a pessimist and still believe in making a difference because it’s the right thing to do. It’s not black and white. Again sorry for the tirade.
I really hope that's not referencing what I think it is, because if so, 48 hours is not enough.
This reminds me of when centrists try to distance themselves from politics as if they're above it all. You don't have to have an opinion, but posting total rubbish is a waste of everybody's time.
Cause surprisingly. Politics is how the world works. If political discussion goes to shit. Society and stability follows as well.
I think it's really unfair to attack someone who has a very valid and common opinion. Im not saying I agree with him and I really try to have optimism for change but to insinuate that his attitude is the issue and not a symptom is as narrow minded as being totally apathetic.
Let's stop trashing people for feeling like the world is shit because in a lot of ways it really is. Hopefully one day we can make a change but it's in no way absurd to feel like you'll never live to see that change.
Democracy takes advantage of the power in many individual actions having a statistical effect. Any single donation of 10$ to the red cross doesn't have a significant impact on anyone's access to medical care, but the larger collective action makes a statistical difference.
Apathy is a natural and understandable defense mechanism against stress. If caring hurts, it can be tempting to cut off the sensation to stop the pain. But a local nerve block does not fix a septic wound. In terms of what does one actually do in the situation, the moment, all someone can do is be part of the statistic they want to see and trust that others are acting with the same judgement. They need to trust that their day-to-day actions, attitudes, and beliefs are playing out a hundred times over across the country and are part of a larger social shift in judgement and activism. They need to acknowledge that the ripples they make, small they might be, play a part in the greater flow of life we all share. Apathy can be comfortable, even necessary for one's ability to endure like a nerve block, but apathy alone is the fastest way to guarantee the change you wish to see will never come to pass.
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