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52 minutes ago, chare said:

The exemption written into the rules was primarily an exemption for a religious head covering.   Even considering the consideration of wearing a head cover for medical reasons or hair loss, I still suspect you won't see a "sea of MAGA hats."

Democrats seek rule change to formally allow hijabs, yarmulkes on House floor

Really?  I'm not sure how, or what, you consider "right wing media," but some are reliable sources.  In my opinion, a source shouldn't be excluded simply based on whether it means right or left, but rather on whether it is factual and reliable.

What right wing or left wing media do you consider reliable?  Unbiased media is an impossible dream.  Outside of the BBC and The Economist, I don't detect much "unbias" in most of what I read.  It's just where the country, and actually the rest of the world, is now.  

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16 minutes ago, subee said:

What right wing or left wing media do you consider reliable?  Unbiased media is an impossible dream.  Outside of the BBC and The Economist, I don't detect much "unbias" in most of what I read.  It's just where the country, and actually the rest of the world, is now.  

Accurate would probably have been a more appropriate term than reliable.  As for an unbiased source, I agree with you that this would be difficult to find.  Having said that, the fact that a source is biased and leans left or right doesn't necessarily mean that it isn't accurate.

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How to avoid sounding anti-Semitic: A primer for politicians - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

This article puts it in perspective best and gives  list of her gaffes.  But I'm fully cooked here.  I don't understand why she is given a pass by you folks on speech that only contributes to: FBI Reports Dip In Hate Crimes, But Rise In Violence : NPR.  It's what Hannah Arandt referred to with the "banality of evil."  It just makes my heart hurt that this kind of speech is OK because she said Oh, I'm sorry...over and over.  I was actually rooting for her in her  election thinking Goody, another barrier knocked down.  But I would be wrong.  

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30 minutes ago, subee said:

How to avoid sounding anti-Semitic: A primer for politicians - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)

This article puts it in perspective best and gives  list of her gaffes.  But I'm fully cooked here.  I don't understand why she is given a pass by you folks on speech that only contributes to: FBI Reports Dip In Hate Crimes, But Rise In Violence : NPR.  It's what Hannah Arandt referred to with the "banality of evil."  It just makes my heart hurt that this kind of speech is OK because she said Oh, I'm sorry...over and over.  I was actually rooting for her in her  election thinking Goody, another barrier knocked down.  But I would be wrong.  

You didn't offer up any examples of her speech that you believe contributes to hate crimes.  As I mentioned, I don't think the recent tweet meets that standard and asked for other examples. It is curious that this woman has attracted your scorn for language and dress while you completely ignore inappropriate language and dress from others.  

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So apparently AG Garland has gone all radical and said that if they catch anyone engaging in crimes, they will be arrested. 

I mean this has to be a completely new approach to crime, isn't it? Arrest and prosecution? Or was it the way he said it?

I mean he's redefining the rulebook and I'm not sure if a committee needs to be formed to address this radical new approach to crime. How is Trump's justice Dept going to feel about prosecuting crime and not pardoning the perpetrators? 

He's blown my mind! Do you think it will catch on? 

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https://www.businessinsider.com/lara-trump-americans-near-mexico-border-arm-up-against-migrants-2021-6

Now they are just openly recommending violence. 

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On 6/12/2021 at 5:29 PM, toomuchbaloney said:

Her opinions aren't crazy, they just don't represent those typically expressed by American politicians, and that's likely because she's a Muslim immigrant from Somalia and not a white christian born in the USA.

I can agree with this.  Why is it anti-Semitic and crazy to express the idea that America's blind support Israel's actions needs to stop and in some cases those actions are terrorist and apartheid-like? 

Every word she has to say is scrutinized and I have to agree that sometimes she goes over the top.  There are other Democrats that advocating for a tougher stance.  

But at the end of the day, America sends Israel billions of dollars with fat cats profiting on weapons sales, and I can agree they need a very strong defense and don't mind our aid to them, and they have a right to exist, but when it comes to their actions they get to do what they want and we just sit and fear being labeled anti-semitic and alienating voters and donors.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-democrats-israel-palestinians/2021/05/18/0d78da76-b7ed-11eb-a5fe-bb49dc89a248_story.html

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3 minutes ago, Tweety said:

I can agree with this.  Why is it anti-Semitic and crazy to express the idea that America's blind support Israel's actions needs to stop and in some cases those actions are terrorist and apartheid-like? 

Every word she has to say is scrutinized and I have to agree that sometimes she goes over the top.  There are other Democrats that advocating for a tougher stance.  

But at the end of the day, America sends Israel billions of dollars with fat cats profiting on weapons sales, and I can agree they need a very strong defense and don't mind our aid to them, and they have a right to exist, but when it comes to their actions they get to do what they want and we just sit and fear being labeled anti-semitic and alienating voters and donors.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-democrats-israel-palestinians/2021/05/18/0d78da76-b7ed-11eb-a5fe-bb49dc89a248_story.html

I'm all for Israel being fair and honest and sharing the space willingly and not engaging in the rubbish they have been up to lately. However, hamas is no joke either. They treat their women like doormats and engage in terrorism for profit instead of seeking more diplomatic solutions from an enemy much stronger than they are. If she really wants to be helpful, she needs the Palestinians to try a different approach and Biden needs to to reign in Israel. It's not going to end well unless Israel and the surrounding powers give Palestinians better jobs and a reason to seek peace. 

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2 hours ago, Curious1997 said:

I'm all for Israel being fair and honest and sharing the space willingly and not engaging in the rubbish they have been up to lately. However, hamas is no joke either. They treat their women like doormats and engage in terrorism for profit instead of seeking more diplomatic solutions from an enemy much stronger than they are. If she really wants to be helpful, she needs the Palestinians to try a different approach and Biden needs to to reign in Israel. It's not going to end well unless Israel and the surrounding powers give Palestinians better jobs and a reason to seek peace. 

But first wouldn't you agree that Israel needs to be called out for their actions against the people of Palestine?  I agree that calling them no better than Hamas isn't helpful but calling out Israel as a police state with a violent history needs to occur by Americans supplying the cash.   Biden obviously is reluctant to do that especially when Hamas isn't interested in peace, but destruction.  I can understand why Israel would strike back but antagonizing the Arabs with their iron fist and taking possession of their property isn't helpful.

It's a mess and we can talk all day about it and still get no where.

An old idea is that Israel helped to spawn Hamas.  

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123275572295011847

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It's not likely to improve any time soon if the Israelis have, indeed, replaced one right wing authoritarian figure with another. 

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The main story over on Fox News, meaning it's the most important story at the moment, illustrates my point well.  A Muslim in makes a speech that calls out a lot of things including Israel and causing outrage and is labeled anti-semitic and people are outraged.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/virginia-graduation-speaker-racism-white-supremacy-jihad

It also is one in a series that Fox News has been publishing against "critical race theory" and "being woke".  Their agenda lately really smacks of racism in my opinion.

 

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49 minutes ago, Tweety said:

The main story over on Fox News, meaning it's the most important story at the moment, illustrates my point well.  A Muslim in makes a speech that calls out a lot of things including Israel and causing outrage and is labeled anti-semitic and people are outraged.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/virginia-graduation-speaker-racism-white-supremacy-jihad

It also is one in a series that Fox News has been publishing against "critical race theory" and "being woke".  Their agenda lately really smacks of racism in my opinion.

 

Because that's exactly what it is. Fox News has been radicalizing bigots for years. So glad the government finally said the silent part out loud about white supremacists being the biggest domestic terrorist threat.

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