I’ve never been a guy who resorts to low-hanging fruit attacks when it comes to my political enemies with a few exceptions, and I’ve always found myself rolling my eyes at some of the habits conservatives have with nicknames and over-the-top accusations when referring to the left. It’s not that I think I’m better, it’s just that it’s too easy.
For instance, referring to Democrats as “DemoRATS” or “Libtards” always seemed on par with the left’s accusations of “Trumplicans” and “AmeriKKKans.” It always just seemed grade school and I always thought “we could do better than that.” Sure enough, I’m not the only person who thinks that, and to this day the right makes better jokes and memes than the left could ever hope to. The saying “the left can’t meme” is so popular because it’s true. They get stuck on thinking that their brand of comedic “clapter” is good enough, but they can’t be blamed. They don’t share the big stage and they’ve fooled themselves into thinking their politically charged SNL skits are funny.
But I digress.
Earlier today, footage started circulating around that showed Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert giving a speech in front of a crowd where she took aim at Minnesota Democrat and popular member of “The Squad,” Ilhan Omar. The speech’s first part sent some left-leaning members into fits of anger and had others chastising her about her crude jokes.
She made this joke:
The other night on the House floor I had my first “Jihad Squad” moment.
With one of my staff members, I was in an elevator. We are both leaving the Capitol to go back to our offices. Then we board an elevator. Then I notice a Capitol Police Officer running towards the elevator. He is sweating profusely. He’s reaching…the door’s shutting, I can’t open it. What’s happening? Ilhan Omar appears to be looking at me from my left. And I say well, she doesn’t’ have a backpack, we should be fine.
Lauren Boebert, a Thanksgiving holiday guest said that she was in the Capitol elevator recently with Ilhanomar and a nervous Capitol police officer when they were both pushed to the ground.
Lauren Boebert said: “Well, she doesn’t have a backpack. We should be fine.”
Boebert then called Ilhan Omar, “jihad squad.” pic.twitter.com/Y7f0nFbnud
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) November 25, 2021
This kind of thing would normally make me cringe. But not because she said it. It’s more about how she delivered it, but regardless, the characterization of Omar by Boebert would normally elicit something akin to anger and denouncements from me for being racist, much less unfunny.
But the issue here is that it’s not racist. Omar was accurately portrayed by her.
My colleague Streiff stated that Ilhan Omar was not a very good person when he discussed this issue earlier. She’s an antisemite who sympathizes with terrorists on a constant basis. The same woman that dismissed the worst terrorist attacks on the United States, and who refuses to condemn Antifa’s acts of destruction or murder. After making a disgustingly racist comment about Jewish people, Omar is now the one Democratic leader who must answer to her.
Boebert’s comments weren’t a commentary on Omar’s race, it was a commentary on who she is as a person and what she supports.
It is called bigotry by the left. It is the truth.
Conservatives need to be more truthful and humorous in my opinion. The left can label it as any number of “isms” or “phobes” all they want, but it’s pretty clear that the left stopped understanding what their accusations actually meant long ago.
(READ: Here’s Proof the Left Doesn’t Know What Racism Is Anymore)
It was necessary to expose the truth. Ilhan is a terrible person with horrendous beliefs. She’s a racist who supports violence against Jewish people and wants to see the nation of Israel collapse under the weight of terrorist groups. While that alone should qualify no one to care about her being made fun of, I realize that generalizations based on race are wrong, but this isn’t a generalization based on race.
This comment is about Omar, and deserves to be spoken out.
This isn’t to say that we should start resorting to the aforementioned low-hanging fruit when discussing someone. There’s clearly a difference between making stupid jokes that include racial stereotypes for the purpose of making racial jokes and making jokes that highlight inconvenient facts about a person’s character, even if they happen to be the race typically known for these stereotypes. Omar supports jihadists and sympathizes with them. So does her fellow “Squad.”
“Jihad Squad” is rather fitting.
While the left may make all the excuses for their outrage, in the end the truth will prevail. The person they’re defending is everything they say they hate about the right and I see no problem with Boebert’s jokes.
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