just for the record
Mar. 11th, 2019 11:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osewalrusSome Fox News anchor suggested that Omar's opinions on Israel come from her being a Muslim and that it is all about Sharia law. Said Fox News host was roundly condemned by lots of folks from the right and left, even Fox News itself.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/10/media/jeanine-pirro-ilhan-omar/index.html
The trick, of course, is that no one is ever going to remember that this happened. Because I will forever hear about how it never happens.
This is why I generally regard the argument of silence as suspect. It pops up all the time on both the right and the left. For example, conservatives like to say: "Well, why aren't people doing something about black on black violence?" And, of course, they are doing lots of stuff about it. Another is "why don't people make a big deal when police shoot a white person." And, of course, people make a big deal when police shoot a random white person who is simply outside in their yard or at a traffic stop or any similar circumstances. It's just that no one remembers.
Likewise, lots of people denounce the accusations against Muslims that their political views derive from Sharia law or from some inherent antisemitism that flows from being Muslim. Mind you, lots of people also say stupid shit like this all the time (I hear it way too much in the Jewish community). But no one ever remembers the lots of Jewish organizations like the ADL or any other Jewish org that denounces such awfulness.
This is the problem of "confirmation bias" writ large in our daily politics. It makes it even more annoying when used as a means of brushing aside any sort of criticism or question.
But I keep track for my own convenience. It reminds me I am not crazy when I remember things other people do not.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/10/media/jeanine-pirro-ilhan-omar/index.html
The trick, of course, is that no one is ever going to remember that this happened. Because I will forever hear about how it never happens.
This is why I generally regard the argument of silence as suspect. It pops up all the time on both the right and the left. For example, conservatives like to say: "Well, why aren't people doing something about black on black violence?" And, of course, they are doing lots of stuff about it. Another is "why don't people make a big deal when police shoot a white person." And, of course, people make a big deal when police shoot a random white person who is simply outside in their yard or at a traffic stop or any similar circumstances. It's just that no one remembers.
Likewise, lots of people denounce the accusations against Muslims that their political views derive from Sharia law or from some inherent antisemitism that flows from being Muslim. Mind you, lots of people also say stupid shit like this all the time (I hear it way too much in the Jewish community). But no one ever remembers the lots of Jewish organizations like the ADL or any other Jewish org that denounces such awfulness.
This is the problem of "confirmation bias" writ large in our daily politics. It makes it even more annoying when used as a means of brushing aside any sort of criticism or question.
But I keep track for my own convenience. It reminds me I am not crazy when I remember things other people do not.
