04-12-2019, 12:30 PM
(04-12-2019, 10:54 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: He didn't call her terrorist, anti-American, or any other slur. He condemned what she said.
“First Member of Congress to ever describe terrorists who killed thousands of Americans on 9/11 as ‘some people who did something'. Unbelievable.”
As someone who lost his full vision in the war that stemmed from that event, I do not think he needs to be silent when someone trivializes the event.
If some lunatic on the right wants to use that as justification, they never needed the justification.
(04-12-2019, 10:56 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: By deflecting to Trump without condemning her, you make it clear that you do not actually care about upholding the standards you want want the right to uphold.
Be the change you want to see. "I have no problem condemning this kind of speech. It's ridiculous for someone to seemingly trivialize a tragedy like this. I hope that this feeling is bipartisan and we will see the same reactions from both sides of the aisle".
(04-12-2019, 11:04 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Because describing the murder of 3,000 people as "some people did something" is a condemnable statement from a member of Congress, even if they were attempting to make a point about civil liberties.
You really have missed the entire point. Break the wheel, don't just keep rolling it back and forth with the other side.
This may be the first time I've seen you run up against this phenomena on this board. We certainly have our differences, but you're always consistent in your opinions. The more extreme of us on this board are not. Even worse, some of our more extreme members don't appear to realize just how extreme they are.
You are 100% correct, Omar's statement was reprehensible. I would condemn the remark if it was made by a gas station attendant, much less a member of Congress. Additionally, Omar's history doesn't work in her favor on this. The GOP has Steve King, the only GOP member of Congress I believe you can legitimately slap the white nationalist tag on, and the Dems have Omar, an antisemite who trivializes muslim extremism. They both deserve condemnation, only one of them was condemned by their own party.
