Why Iām Not Defending Representative Ilhan Omar Anymore
Teodrose Fikre gets another lesson from the school of political hard knocks. I began to see this coming a while back, as why I quit posting on this Ilhan Omar dog and pony show. It is also why I post so little on AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) also. These 2 women have managed to become a vast amount of the distraction from very serious issues going on around the world while also power spraying jet fuel onto the fire of divisional divide in our nation.
(Both Omar and Trump are doing their part to intentionally inflame passions only for corporate journalists and media personalities to take their cue and add fuel to the fire. The two parties, and the political establishment as a whole, are nothing more than factions cooperating in private and fighting in public. Seriously, how much longer are we going to keep falling for this bad cop vs worse cop routine? How much longer will we keep voting for the lesser of two evils only to end up getting equal mistreatment once the last votes are counted?)
(Politicians and media personalities use demographic driven tactics to incite tribalism; the same news being customized to cater to the preexisting views of people who put politics over justice.)
(The memory of 2,996 people who died on that horrific Tuesday morning, the imagery of the Twin Towers going down in flames and the trauma of seeing people jump off building are all being used as entertainment fodder and as means to capture ratings.)
Welcome to the Grand Illusion.
But don't be fooled by the radio
The TV or the magazines
They show you photographs of how your life should be
But they're just someone else's fantasy
So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because you never win the game
Just remember that it's a Grand illusion
And deep inside we're all the same.
We're all the same...
America spells competition, join us in our blind ambition
Get yourself a brand new motor car
Someday soon we'll stop to ponder what on Earth's this spell we're under
We made the grade and still we wonder who the hell we are
"Out Of The Illusion " Group
Wow, a Jewish writer telling us why he doesn't like a Muslim representative. I'm truly shocked to discover this.
That his excuse to do this is the flimsy "but democrats were mean to her too and she forgave them" is the weakest bullshit cover I've heard in quite some time, excluding any excuses by the trump administeation for anything, ever. At least he didnt try to hide his antizionism, which I respect (and agree with).
She has to work and Caucasus with those democrats, a party she's a member of, in order to best serve the constituents that elected her. That this writer doesn't understand that simple, brutal, reality of politics makes me value his opinion very little.
Seriously!?! I'll reserve my words for you out of sadness for you.
The writer you're referring to----Teodrose Fikre is the co-founder and editor of the Ghion Journal. A published author and prolific writer, a once defense consultant was profoundly changed by a two year journey of hardship and struggle. Going from a life of upper-middle class privilege to a time spent with the huddled masses taught Teodrose a valuable lesson in the essence of togetherness and the need to speak against injustice.
Originally from Ethiopia with roots to Atse Tewodros II, Teodrose is a former community organizer whose writing was incorporated into Barack Obama's South Carolina primary victory speech in 2008. He pivoted away from politics and decided to stand for collective justice after experiencing the reality of the forgotten masses. His writing defies conventional wisdom and challenges readers to look outside the constraints of labels and ideologies that serve to splinter the people. Teodrose uses his pen to give a voice to the voiceless and to speak truth to power.
I highly doubt Teodrose Fikre considers himself to be Jewish. As though that was a bad thing!?! Not all Jewish people have a hate for Muslims! Again, I'll reserve my words for you out of sadness for you!
@William_Mary yeah I read his bio.
That's reserving your words? Ok then.