Following her now infamous call for “Jihad” against US President Donald Trump, other footage of Linda Sarsour speaking at the same conference has surfaced. And it also doesn’t sound too pretty.
“Every right-wing media outlet in the country. Every right-wing Zionist outlet in the country engaged in coordinated attacks against me to discredit my leadership”
Many (including me) will think this smacks of antisemitism. The notion of the media controlled by a select group of people who happen to be Jewish.. no sorry, Zionists. But she can’t be antisemitic – she raised all of the money to help repair a Jewish cemetery, right? Right?
I think Lee Smith’s theory – which he enunciated in this insightful piece about her Jihad comment – can equally apply here.
And that’s the issue, less the word itself but the context, which is the source of the rhetoric used to justify the mass murder of other Arabs, as well as Americans and Israelis and, across Europe and Asia and elsewhere, Jews and Christians and Hindus, etc. Is it possible that Linda Sarsour really didn’t understand the particular resonances of the word employed in the context of American politics? Of course she knew. She could’ve delivered a standard Trump-hating speech about immigration and Islamophobia. But comparing an American president to the Middle Eastern tyrants and oppressors like Bashar al-Assad who murder children from the sky is what distinguished her.
She used the word “jihad” deliberately, in order to split her audience. Anyone who criticized her use of extremist language would be painted as a bigot alongside those who really are bigots. Those who defended her right to use extremist language would be dragged along with those who really are extremists.
Lee Sarsour is no dummy. She is fully aware that the word “Zionist” is used to mask the antisemitic sentiments of so many – especially when used to describe control of the media, a popular antisemitic conspiracy theory. I posit she knew by speaking of a “right-wing Zionist outlet” conspiracy, she would once again be met with accusations of antisemitism. I think this is what she wants – she can now accuse of us of being bigots and Islamophobes for even suggesting it!
I would add to what Lee said – besides enabling her to discredit her opponents, Sarsour seems to be in a litigious frame of mind.
Sounds to me like Sarsour feels untouchable, and would love to silence anyone who feels she is a fraud, antisemite, pushing Sharia law for all – or all of the above, based on her own pronouncements and actions.
Sarsourian logic: spend a whole speech defaming people, then cry defamation and threaten lawsuits. Is she trying to get a job with erdogan’s pr team?
She gets away with it by attacking an amorphous target such as “Zionist-controlled media.” Things would be different if she ripped a real person with a real name.
Couldn’t Zionists form a class action suit against her for defaming Zionism and Zionists?
Besides what Naftali said, the cost of defending a lawsuit can be ruinous to people of average means, even if the lawsuit is groundless. Sarsour can always find a kindred spirit to represent her gratis, or for a share of the recovery. But if you are sued, you have to dig into your own pocket to pay for a defense.
It was only a matter of time before she said or did anything genuinely antisemitic. Since she’s in the U.S., where is the ADL and SPLC condemning this horrible woman?
Neither the ADL, nor the SPLC, are anti-racist organizations.
She’s long overdue for a downfall, regardless.
Pray for her children not to see the vitriol? Um… no prayer necessary. Just keep them from reading what their mother posts, seeing what their mother says in the media, etc.
Someone should tell her that the ultimate defense against a libel suit is the truth.
In other words, the defendant can prove it is not libel by demonstrating what they said is true.
This will result in *everything* that she has said and written being part of the court proceedings.
She may want to think twice about that as she then cannot give evasive answers via Twitter.
Although, ahad_ha_amoratsim has a point that it may be costly to the defendant. (i.e. “The process is the punishment.”)
and she cant lie the way she has when questioned at one of her talks
and i will be the first to donate to the defense fund of whoever she chooses to sue
Will newspress.com accept a letter to the editor about Balfaur Declaration?
QADIYA, Iraq — In the moments before he raped the 12-year-old girl, the Islamic State fighter took the time to explain that what he was about to do was not a sin. Because the preteen girl practiced a religion other than Islam, the Quran not only gave him the right to rape her — it condoned and encouraged it, he insisted.
Will they accept Muslim sex slavery, mass murder… of infidels… 2nd class women citizens in potato sacks…?? Apparently they are accepted.
so she should sue
and she will get laughed out of court
but this was not in her facebook statement
https://www.facebook.com/linda.sarsour/posts/10155674125745572?pnref=story
“dont ever question my integrity”
well linda, instead of attacking your critics, why didnt you get on the phone with the org that you claim is currently holding the monies and find out why a check hasnt been cut
but, the jewish community should be taking care of its own cemeteries
its a shandah that we have allowed so many to fall into disrepair
we should never let scum like sarsour use dead jews for a pr stunt
She is an Islamofascist terrorist and should be treated as such
“Just know that I am taking names of those who have lied about me to defame my character”
I hope she is referring to everyone that has exposed her BS. The other day I was blocked on Instagram for posting factual comments and links to that wonderful Algemeiner article on her: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ac9e1622337bbd7516a1cf154a4c0ef5be135a76ef2b49b748273622d7914a39.png