In a recent interview with the New York Times, Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar complained that she has to “deal with the hate of anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, anti-blackness, but also with sexism” in the United States.
Asked about her autobiography in which she wrote, “I am, by nature, a starter of fires. My work has been to figure out where I’m going to burn down everything around me by adding the fuel of my religion, skin color, gender or even tone,” Omar replied, “It’s metaphorical. There are many times when people will say, ‘Something you said has agitated this space.’ And it’s like, no, it’s me just showing up that did it. There are times when I will choose to not show up, because I know that my presence brings about intensity that isn’t going to be helpful. There’s no one else that exists in a space where they have to deal with the hate of anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, anti-blackness, but also with sexism.
“People will say it’s my ‘tone.’ I’m like, you’re agitated by my tone because you think people like me should be sitting in a corner, not heard and not seen. Everything that comes out of my mouth is going to be filtered through the lens of you despising my existence.”
It has nothing to do with “hate,” Ms. Omar. Your critics oppose you because you’re an anti-Semitic, sharia-promoting, race-mongering socialist radical.