Is this ignorance or racism?

hislegacy said:

WASHINGTON, D.C.—When Israel responded with airstrikes to over 600 rockets fired at them from Gaza, many defended this as a justified act of defense. Representative Ilhan Omar lashed out against this view, saying on Twitter about Israel, “If they’re so innocent, why are they Jews?”

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It depends. If the individual views Jews as a race and views that race to be inferior to his or her own (or his or her race as superior to that of the other party), it is racist. Beyond that, it's not racist.

hislegacy said:

WASHINGTON, D.C.—When Israel responded with airstrikes to over 600 rockets fired at them from Gaza, many defended this as a justified act of defense. Representative Ilhan Omar lashed out against this view, saying on Twitter about Israel, “If they’re so innocent, why are they Jews?”

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The Babylon Bee is Your Trusted Source For Christian News Satire.

hislegacy said:

WASHINGTON, D.C.—When Israel responded with airstrikes to over 600 rockets fired at them from Gaza, many defended this as a justified act of defense. Representative Ilhan Omar lashed out against this view, saying on Twitter about Israel, “If they’re so innocent, why are they Jews?”

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Any other country would respond as Israel did if the same thing happened to them. Let me just say that first. They are Jews because that is what God made them and the same goes for anyone else. This is the age old war between God and satan.

No link to the actual tweet?

I can't seem to find any reputable source quoting her saying these things.

GoldenBoy89 said:

No link to actual tweet?

I can't seem to find any reputable source quoting her saying these things.

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Because she didn’t, the Babylon Bee is satire.

Desk trauma said:

Because she didn’t, the Babylon Bee is satire.

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I wonder how many of their regulars are aware of this.

Desk trauma said:

Because she didn’t, the Babylon Bee is satire.

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Oh wow. The answer is IGNORANCE. That answers that question resoundingly.

hislegacy said:

WASHINGTON, D.C.—When Israel responded with airstrikes to over 600 rockets fired at them from Gaza, many defended this as a justified act of defense. Representative Ilhan Omar lashed out against this view, saying on Twitter about Israel, “If they’re so innocent, why are they Jews?”

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Oh, it's ignorance alright, but not the sort you're imagining. In fact, you may have outdone yourself here, @hislegacy .

I wonder who else is going to notice the problem with this OP...

(oh, I see "Messages have been posted since you loaded this page".... I wonder if someone else caught it)

ETA: lol, I guess everybody pounced on it. I should start a poll, which thread is more ridiculous - this one or that one we had about the El Paso border wall

hislegacy said:

WASHINGTON, D.C.—When Israel responded with airstrikes to over 600 rockets fired at them from Gaza, many defended this as a justified act of defense. Representative Ilhan Omar lashed out against this view, saying on Twitter about Israel, “If they’re so innocent, why are they Jews?”

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Come on now, the Babylon Bee is SATIRE. Representative Omar never said that.

hislegacy said:

WASHINGTON, D.C.—When Israel responded with airstrikes to over 600 rockets fired at them from Gaza, many defended this as a justified act of defense. Representative Ilhan Omar lashed out against this view, saying on Twitter about Israel, “If they’re so innocent, why are they Jews?”

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Go to the link. Scroll to the bottom of the page. See "The Babylon Bee is Your Trusted Source For Christian News Satire."

Nice one BB!

Desk trauma said:

The Babylon Bee is Your Trusted Source For Christian News Satire.

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I'm not sure why it was used as a credible source.

GoldenBoy89 said:

I wonder how many of their regulars are aware of this.

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It's slanderous of Representative Omar and it's shameful because the BB professes to be Christian.

Shiloh Raven said:

It's slanderous and an outright lie and it's shameful because the BB professes to be Christian.

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It's not slanderous precisely because they label themselves as satire. Their profession of faith may also be satire.

PeachyKeane said:

It's not slanderous precisely because they label themselves as satire. Their profession of faith may also be satire.

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Okay then, but it is a bit deceptive because there are obviously some people who believe it.

Sometimes when you make jokes, they fall flat. It happens. Just look at some of my gems on the eschatology forum.

Shiloh Raven said:

Okay then, but it is a bit deceptive because there are obviously some people who believe it.

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I would go so far as to say it's designed to entrap people like @hislegacy.

Shiloh Raven said:

It's slanderous of Representative Omar and it's shameful because the BB professes to be Christian.

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I'm not sure I'd call the BB slanderous as they plainly state that they're a satire site. The question is, did the OP share this as satire or did they just assume rep Omar really said that and shared it in an attempt to slander her?

Did you watch some of the footage of the attacks? Regular buildings were literally destroyed and obliterated from the strike. Israel is protect from the Iron Dome and Hamas rockets are weak blackmarket ones, while Palestine has no such anti missile defense and Israelis rockets are very advanced. If you wanna know what Israel did to the Palestinians, just look up Nakba. Honestly I'll never get why Americans love Israel and Jews so much over the actual Christians who suffer. Palestine is literally the birthplace of Christianity and the Christian population is slowly declining from 30%in 1948 to 2% now.

Links from the Onion and Babylon Bee aren't news stories, they're satire intended to poke fun at the absurdity of actual political (and other) news.

Ignorance wins.