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Thanks for reminding us, Vance, how important context is. And to add to your analysis, she doesn’t like Jews, Israel or (I suspect) Americans very much, either. She dismisses so many of our concerns and reactions to terrorism. I hope that helps.
Al-Qaeda, America… tomato, potato.
What an evil worldview she has.
Ah, I now understand. So she was promoting a lie and callously referring to 9/11 as “some people did something.”
Cool cool cool cool cool cool cool….
Yeah, people are out there saying that her words were taken out of context, but then they don’t provide any context that makes what she said less offensive. Lost in all this is the fact that the point she was trying to make about CAIR was completely false.
errr. that is worse, right?
Part of the problem is her accent. I hear “some *people* did some *thing*.” Not “something”. Her emphasis on “thing” makes it sounds extra trivial. They “did a thing.” sounds bad to me.
Of course, adding in the lies about the origins of CAIR and exaggerated victimization don’t make the context better.
I read in one or two places that she didn’t start wearing a hijab until after 9/11. To be provacative, I guess?
I would suggest it was to save her head from another muslim.
I saw the context for both remarks.
In the first video, I still think she was downplaying 9/11 and saying that America should not have reacted to it. In that video, the context doesn’t really help her.
In the second video, her views on the people who take more pride in Al Qaeda and Hezbollah that anyone takes in being American or English is unclear, but she clearly does not look upon those people with disdain (and it’s worth noting that her professor who is so proud of Al Qaeda is frequently seen on CNN.)
I don’t think context helps her all that much.
No, I don’t see a way to put a good spin on these comments. But the standard defense is “out of context” followed by “racism.” That’s about it. Of course, if they cared about context . . .