But today, instead of taking the outrage and doing something constructive like reworking the ERA amendment (Equal Rights Amendment), women are taking a day off. A day without women protest is coming up on the unfocused protest calendar. And once again it will result in someone hijacking your protest.
Trump's Muslim ban is the perfect example of this. If you believe the nationalist Democrats, nationalist Republicans, and the media, then it is a Muslim ban. But extreme vetting of refugees from anarchic areas of war-torn countries with no government and lots of terrorists is something of a no-brainer to support.
Whose boat is being lifted by the protests, Muslims? No, in reality, the boats getting lifted are filled with people that do support ISIS, genocide, war criminals, and al Qaeda.
Let's take this to tectonic proportions. Agree with one or the other, it's your choice. I hope you take the time to read the argument both of these articles make in support of Muslims post-election. Actually, not Muslims, the boat being lifted is spelled out clearly. The problem addressed is labeling the Muslim Brotherhood terrorists and vetting related groups to keep them out of the country.
"Lana Safah, a spokeswoman for the Muslim American Society , another high profile Muslim advocacy group, told Huffington Post that her group has "no affiliation with any foreign or international organization." Yet, she said, "In the Trump era, and in the most Islamophobic atmosphere the American Muslim community has ever experienced, it seems we should expect the unexpected, such as this unprecedented designation, which no former administration has made. It would cripple the operations of any Muslim organizations linked, however circumstantially, to the Muslim Brotherhood.
"Supporters of the designation have wielded it most frequently against advocacy groups such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which regularly files lawsuits on behalf of Muslims over alleged discrimination, well as against charities. They have also used it to attack Democratic members of Congress, Muslim government officials, longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin and the Gold Star father Khizr Khan, who criticized Trump at the Democratic National Convention in the summer."
"According to Stephen Piggott of the SLPC, the White House is reportedly weighing options to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, according to several news outlets. Such a move would amount to a powerful policy win for America's antiMuslim movement, whose leaders have worked tirelessly to smear American Muslim civil rights organizations, in particular the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the North American Islamic Trust (NAIT), by calling them "fronts" for the Brotherhood.
Without the same outraged protests or condemnatory press conferences inspired by Trump's travel ban targeting visitors and dual citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries, the lesser-known effort is aimed at crushing robust Muslim civil society organizing in the United States, using the framework of the war on terror. The initiative aims to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, a designation that in practice, is likely to provide a vehicle for a network of anti-Muslim crusaders to hound unaffiliated, mainstream Muslim organizations and potentially criminalize their leadership, the AlterNet said adding:"
The problem with both is simple. To support Muslims you must support the Muslim Brotherhood and the groups tied to it that have made inroads throughout the US government. The Muslim Brotherhood and the Gulenites are not Muslim groups. They are nationalist fascist groups that no longer carry the proper designation. Instead of Islamic, Oriental Prometheans would be better. But, who the hell is going to use that?
The argument in both articles is the argument used by the mainstream today. If you support Syrian moderates, you don't vet Syrian refugees. But according to Foreign Policy " And there's one anti-Assad group that is largely responsible for this dismal state of affairs: Syria's Muslim Brotherhood. Throughout the Syrian uprising, I have had discussions with opposition figures, activists, and foreign diplomats about how the Brotherhood has built influence within the emerging opposition forces. It has been a dizzying rise for the Islamist movement. Additionally, some Brotherhood-affiliated figures denied they were part of the group and joined the SNC (Syrian National Council) as "independents." These include Nahas, the London-based director of the Levant Center; Louay Safi, a Syrian-American fellow at Georgetown University and former chairman of the Syrian American Council (SAC); and Najib Ghadbian, a political science professor who also works at the SAC."
And IB Times"Islamic State, or Daesh, is not a new phenomenon. It is, like Al Qaeda, an ideological offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. The leader of Daesh himself was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. The father of global jihad and Osama bin Laden's teacher, Abdullah Azzam started his terrorist career within the ranks of the Muslim Brotherhood. Al-Qaeda's current leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was also a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. The modern ideological root of Islamist terrorism is the Muslim Brotherhood. The battle for world peace starts by defeating the Muslim versions of National Socialism. Europe has a large responsibility to help, but the primary responsibility lies with the Arabs."
Nationalist Democrats want to tie innocent Muslims in America and abroad at the hip with the Muslim Brotherhood, ISIS, al Qaeda, and terrorism. Instead of telling the truth and separating religious Muslims from nationalist political fanatics, they are driving Muslim Americans into their folds for protection. And no, they really didn't need to help the likes of Bridgette Gabriel, did they?
Muslims need Americans to stand shoulder to shoulder with them. Not with the people killing so many of them in countries across the Middle East and Africa. Is the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization?
The hate or rage progressives feel is mostly media driven. Every person at one time or another experiences this. Hate is the driver of nationalist ideology and why it can never be confused with patriotism. Need I remind you that Clinton's most credible promise was war.
Tic Toc. For progressives, centrists, libertarians, and conservatives the stakes are high. There are 3 groups of nationalists at the table today dominating the conversation. Progressives on all fronts need to be the moderating force. Donald Trump promised to drain the swamp. Make him do it. But you can't set traps while it's going on.
Progressives in all political labels need to keep a credible position to put the brakes on and still get as many reforms on the table as possible. Otherwise, the clock stops.
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