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So while we were all glued to Mueller TV and were told the reason he can't exonerate the Pres is because 1) no one has such powers and 2)he did nothing illegal, and the dems should stop saying things like "have you stopped beating your wife yet", this happened. Read the whole thing carefully.
For the reasons stated in the previous posting, I think the very premise of the conference is disturbing. I welcome all citizens to the political process (read my essays from years back), but I do insist that it be the American political process based on the Constitution. Facts like this: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, said Muslim American legislators should pursue an agenda that includes calling for a Muslim day at each statehouse...so the very beginning of the process would be to start a "bring your religion to work in the federal government day". Notice the call is for a Muslim day, not a general all religion day. That's because the rest of us can separate our faith from our secular lives, but Muslims can not. I don't think Hassidic Jews can either, but I also have not seen one of them running for any public office.
Other than "Trump is a racist and an Islamophobe", the point of the first conference of it's kind is to rally the Muslim community into political participation to fight the system of oppression that keeps Muslims down in so many walks of life. But don't ask anyone about their beliefs or values because that's off limits.
"What we look for and what this whole conversation is about, is that not only do we have internalized fears about what we might believe but that we also don't have assumptions about what our value basis might be because of where we might come from," Omar added. "I would like not just for you but for everyone to know that if you want us to speak as politicians, then you treat us as such."-Ilhan Omar
Well you should be careful what you ask for Congresswoman, because we the people don't have a pretty track record with our politicians in general. You should be calling on your fellow Muslims to assimilate to our values and live as Americans. But I don't think that is the intent here, I think it's more about changing-well, the state of Minnesota to start with.
So while we were all glued to Mueller TV and were told the reason he can't exonerate the Pres is because 1) no one has such powers and 2)he did nothing illegal, and the dems should stop saying things like "have you stopped beating your wife yet", this happened. Read the whole thing carefully.
For the reasons stated in the previous posting, I think the very premise of the conference is disturbing. I welcome all citizens to the political process (read my essays from years back), but I do insist that it be the American political process based on the Constitution. Facts like this: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, said Muslim American legislators should pursue an agenda that includes calling for a Muslim day at each statehouse...so the very beginning of the process would be to start a "bring your religion to work in the federal government day". Notice the call is for a Muslim day, not a general all religion day. That's because the rest of us can separate our faith from our secular lives, but Muslims can not. I don't think Hassidic Jews can either, but I also have not seen one of them running for any public office.
Other than "Trump is a racist and an Islamophobe", the point of the first conference of it's kind is to rally the Muslim community into political participation to fight the system of oppression that keeps Muslims down in so many walks of life. But don't ask anyone about their beliefs or values because that's off limits.
"What we look for and what this whole conversation is about, is that not only do we have internalized fears about what we might believe but that we also don't have assumptions about what our value basis might be because of where we might come from," Omar added. "I would like not just for you but for everyone to know that if you want us to speak as politicians, then you treat us as such."-Ilhan Omar
Well you should be careful what you ask for Congresswoman, because we the people don't have a pretty track record with our politicians in general. You should be calling on your fellow Muslims to assimilate to our values and live as Americans. But I don't think that is the intent here, I think it's more about changing-well, the state of Minnesota to start with.
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