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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.

Fuck your age, put on your high heeled boots and a pair of overalls and do Meryl Streep proud.

if it really was about israeli policy, you wouldn’t bring it up as a way to counter antisemitism claims

if it really was about israeli policy, you wouldn’t focus your energy on only one country with injustice

if it really was about israeli policy, you wouldn’t use antisemitic tropes and canards

if it really was about israeli policy, you wouldn’t feel so defensive when jews criticize what you say regarding whether or not it’s even accurate

if it really was about israeli policy…

but it isn’t.

so much of the time, it isn’t.

hell this is the image on jack kirby’s wikipedia page next to the “entry into comics” section

Captain America was created in direct response to how the USA was reacting to the war at the time as a direct call to action against injustice specifically. Created by two Jewish men who were very much affected by all of this. They specifically designed him to look like he did because that was the ““Aryan Ideal”“ as part of that statement. That is why they made him blond, blue-eyed, white, tall, and muscular. They also called him ‘Captain America’ to implicitly tie the United States to this statement. This was a metaphor of ‘The USA has to stop letting others be hurt, it’s time to step up and do something’.