Ilhan Omar: The Left Doesn’t Understand the Issue, and the Right is using it to push an agenda
This Ilhan Omar situation is so ugly and so messy. And I’m disappointed in how both sides handled it (I mean I’m always disappointed by the right, but). So I’m gonna point out some major points that I saw were some serious issues with dealing with this issue:
This is not a “party issue” Ilhan Omar, is one single woman, that yes is in the Democratic Party. This is NOT the Labour Party where it’s a group wide issue of using antisemitic dog whistles while doing their job (hopefully! I mean the Democratic Party is definitely not RIGHT now like that, let’s hope it stays that way). This does not mean that the Democratic Party does not hold responsibility to make sure Antisemitic language is prevented in future politics.
The Right and Republican Party have no right to condemn the Democratic Party of their antisemitism especially with Steve King. It is hypocritical and it is clear they don’t actually care about Jewish people, but about debasing the Democratic Party, this does not mean any of you (Leftist) Gentiles have any right to attempt to lead the conversation away from Ilhan Omar and to other antisemites across the aisle because you believe “the Right is more antisemitic” (they aren’t BOTH sides are equally antisemitic just in different wayside and saying this as a Gentile is wayyyy out of your lane)
You do NOT as a Gentile say whether or not this is antisemitism. I cannot stress this enough! You DO NOT, yes, even if a Jewish person says it’s okay, to say whether what Mrs. Omar said was antisemitic. It is a fierce Intracommunity discussion that you have no PART in, you do not get to define the oppression of a group you are not!!! Apart!!! Of!!! I don’t care if you think it’s iffy, keep your opinions to yourself. We will decide, all you need to do is understand that SOME/ENOUGH do find it offensive and you need to stand with us and our voices while not engaging in this conversation.
This is not the first time Mrs. Omar has said something with antisemitic tropes, she was on thin ice previously for comments she had made mere weeks ago, it’s not about the single isolated incident but the pattern. Sure if this were a one time incident whether or not this comment was antisemitic would probably be less of an issue, but this a pattern for her. And that’s where the REAL issue lies, she has said other things that have a 100% been antisemitic, that even your own Gentile friends can acknowledge “yeah that wasn’t good” so now she has said something that can be interpreted as antisemitic, and with that pre-established pattern we are less likely to believe this one single comment that can be interpreted as antisemitic is not antisemitic.
Please stop trying to make this about islamaphobia at this point and time. There are islamaphobic Jewish people out there that are using islamaphobic language to condemn her, and yeah, that’s bad call that single Jewish person out. But it is very problematic to say “if she weren’t Muslim would there be this much of an outage ?” And though the answer is probably yes, and we do need to talk about this but maybe not when said person has JUST made antisemitic comments and people are trying to deny said antisemitism. It feels you are again trying to shift the conversation away from the issue at hand and attempting to pit Jewish people vs. Muslims. And before you say “Nooo we are talking about anyone condemning Ilhan Omar. That includes non-Jewish people.” But this is a Jewish issue where the biggest voices of condemnation ARE Jewish. And it a constant thing especially in America to have a Jewish vs. Muslim, where Jewish and Muslim people are pitted against each other, a narrative that in it of itself is islamaphobic and antisemitic. This is about someone having a pattern of antisemitism and making antisemitic comments. Call out Jewish people and Gentile allies using islamaphobic language, but do not attempt to steer this conversation into a discussion about Islamaphobia when it’s about antisemitism.
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