Opuscula Ilhan Omar Lightning rod Or tip of iceberg?

EVERYONE WHO CAN READ OR HEAR now knows bigotry spews from the mouth of Rep. Ilhan Omar and her “progressive” friends.

She can’t seem to help herself.

But her colleagues in the House seem to think that a bigoted remark, followed by an “I’m sorry” should be white washed, overlooked, forgiven; obviously she’s not a bigot, they say, since she apologized for her remarks.

NONSENSE.

Her colleagues in the House rejected a resolution calling for a ban on anti-Semitism and settled for a watered down version of “talk nice about everyone.”

I agree that a resolution against only anti-Semitism would play into anti-Semites hands. I also believe that bigotry, espoused in any manner, should be condemned and the person repeatedly violating the resolution should be censured — punished.

Some of Ms. Ilhan’s sycophants, both Democrats and a handful of leftist Republicans, feel that no matter who she offends or how often she offends — and then apologizes — her remarks must be overlooked.

Never mind that she is a recidivist in her bigotry.

But it’s “OK” since she’s only attacking Jews and Israel.

Somali pirates? No comment. Boko Haram in Nigeria? Silence.

Why even Jews in Congress support her. Leftist Jews who hate Israel and Judaism and who, by their support of Ms. Omar and her ilk are inviting a 21st Century holocaust.

Do I think she will succeed in provoking attacks on Jews.

Yes and no.

Yes, some Jews who refuse to defend themselves will suffer, just as the Jews of Europe suffered. Will the “progressive” Jews suffer? They will be the first.

No, because more and more Jews are prepared to defend themselves; Jews who know history — of the holocaust and before.

One of my most quoted philosophers, Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás, allegedly wrote that "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." The “progressive” Jews of the Democrat left, those who find Ms. Ilhan’s and others bigotry acceptable, apparently “cannot remember the past.”

Ms. Ilhan is a Somali Muslim.

Nothing wrong with that. (At least, unless the law requiring birth in the U.S.,is ignored as it was for a previous president, she won’t occupy the White House.)

But has she forgotten the behavior of her Muslim countrymen toward almost everyone? Has she forgotten how a woman is treated in a traditional Muslim home?

She condemns Israel and Jews (even her leftist supporters??) but, to the best of my knowledge, has no first hand knowledge of life in Israel, the PLO’s areas, Gaza, or, for that matter, Syria, Lebanon, or relatively progressive Egypt and Jordan. Can she compare a Muslim's life in Israel with that of a non-observant Muslim in Iran?

She cannot.

Ms. Ilhan is ignorant, and there is very little lower than an ignorant bigot.

For all that, Ms. Omar is simply the canary in the mine; when things get too hot for the bigotry she and her fellow misanthropic sycophants practice, she will be the first to suffer while her “friends,” such as Linda Sarsour and Tamika Mallory, abandon her to her fate.

We know Ms. Omar’s allegiance is to Louis X and his “Nation of Islam.” Since Farrakhan (Louis X) preaches hatred of America, allegiance to this demigod is far worse than any Jew’s support of Israel. Unfortunately for Ms. Omar, her remarks about dual loyalties open a can of worms that will embarrass her — assuming anything can embarrass her.

PLAGIARISM is the act of appropriating the literary composition of another, or parts or passages of his writings, or the ideas or language of the same, and passing them off as the product of one’s own mind.

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