Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted February 27, 2017 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) Here’s the left’s next great idea for bringing down President Trump: another women’s march. Which means another public instance of Trump haters shouting slogans to one another and mistaking it for constructive politics. What progressives need to defeat Trump is outreach, but all they have is outrage. On March 8, organizers seem to be aiming for a different vibe than the librarians-in-pussy-hats element that made the first women’s march after Trump’s inauguration so adorable. Instead of milling around Washington, organizers have in mind a “general strike” called the Day without a Woman. In a manifesto published in The Guardian on Feb. 6, the brains behind the movement are calling for a “new wave of militant feminist struggle.” That’s right: militant, not peaceful. The document was co-authored by, among others, Rasmea Yousef Odeh, a convicted terrorist. Odeh, a Palestinian, was convicted in Israel in 1970 for her part in two terrorist bombings, one of which killed two students while they were shopping for groceries. She spent 10 years in prison for her crimes. She then managed to become a US citizen in 2004 by lying about her past (great detective work, INS: Next time, use Google) but was subsequently convicted, in 2014, of immigration fraud for the falsehoods. However, she won the right to a new trial (set for this spring) by claiming she had been suffering from PTSD at the time she lied on her application. Oh, and in her time as a citizen, she worked for a while as an ObamaCare navigator. You can see why she’s a hero to the left. Another co-author, Angela Davis, is a Stalinist professor and longtime supporter of the Black Panthers. Davis is best known for being acquitted in a 1972 trial after three guns she bought were used in a courtroom shootout that resulted in the death of a judge. She celebrated by going to Cuba. A third co-author, Tithi Bhattacharya, praised Maoism in an essay for the International Socialist Review, noting that Maoists are “on the terrorist list of the US State Department, Canada, and the European Union,” which she called an indication that “Maoists are back in the news and by all accounts they are fighting against all the right people.” You know you’re dealing with extremism when someone admits to hating Canada. The International Women’s Strike is meant to be a grassroots affair, with womensmarch.com promising more information about how to participate in local protests across the US. Women around the country are being urged to walk off their jobs and join a demonstration near them. According to The Guardian piece, women should spend their day “blocking roads, bridges, and squares, abstaining from domestic, care and sex work” and “boycotting” pro-Trump businesses. Also every woman is supposed to wear red in solidarity. The bristling tone of the manifesto and its call for a “militant” uprising are yet another indicator that liberals are increasingly willing to justify violence in the name of opposing Trump. After the Berkeley campus erupted in flames and violence to protest the planned appearance of Milo Yiannopoulos, many progressive activists took to Twitter to cheer them on. Hollywood stars Debra Messing and Sarah Silverman both tweeted their support, with Messing saying, “RESISTANCE WORKS” and Silverman ranting: “WAKE UP & JOIN THE RESISTANCE. ONCE THE MILITARY IS W US FASCISTS GET OVERTHROWN. MAD KING & HIS HANDLERS GO BYE BYE.” Progs are equally enthusiastic about the idea that it’s OK to punch people as long as you hate them: “Stranger Things” star David Harbour said at the Screen Actors Guild awards, “We will, as per Chief Jim Hopper [the character he played on the show], punch some people in the face when they seek to destroy the weak and the disenfranchised and the marginalized.” Nice liberal Democrats should be aware that this newer, angrier cohort is just as hostile to their own party. “I have problems with the Democratic Party that is just as linked to the corporate capitalist structure as the Republican Party,” Davis said at a rally last year. Anti-Trump activism seems to have little to do with the political arts required to win elections — finding common ground, forging alliances, making friends. Instead all of these demonstrations are about denouncing enemies, and making yourself feel better about the November defeat by gathering publicly with those who share your rage. This sort of thinking leads to such self-defeating acts as interrupting traffic in places like New York City (where Trump got 18 percent of the vote) or San Francisco (9 percent). If you want to persuade working-class Trump voters in Wisconsin to join your cause, annoying rich liberal Democrats trying to get to work a thousand miles away is a strange way to go about it. http://nypost.com/2017/02/25/the-next-womens-march-is-co-organized-by-a-terrorist/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmea_Odeh Rasmea Yousef Odeh (born 1947/1948; also known as Rasmea Yousef, Rasmieh Steve, and Rasmieh Joseph Steve)[2][3] is a former United States citizen, and convicted Palestinian terrorist. She served as associate director at the Arab American Action Network in Chicago, Illinois.[4][5][6][7] Odeh was convicted in 1970 by an Israeli military court of involvement in fatal terrorist bombings, and in 2014 by a US federal jury of immigration fraud. She was sentenced to life in prison in Israel for her involvement in two terrorist bombings in Jerusalem in 1969, one of which killed two people, and involvement in an illegal organization, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). She spent 10 years in prison before she was released in a prisoner exchange with the PFLP in 1980.[8] Odeh was convicted of immigration fraud on November 10, 2014, by a jury in federal court in Detroit, Michigan, for concealing her arrest, conviction, and imprisonment for the 1969 bombings.[9][10] On December 11, 2014, she was released on bond pending sentencing.[10][11][12] Odeh's counsel maintains she did not receive a "full and fair trial" because the judge ruled as irrelevant her testimony that her confession to the crimes had been extracted by torture while she was in the custody of Israeli police in 1969.[11] On February 13, 2015, federal Judge Gershwin A. Drain denied Odeh's request that he either overturn the federal jury’s conviction of her or grant her a new trial. He ruled that her argument lacked legal merit, as evidence showed that Odeh illegally obtained U.S. citizenship, the jurors "clearly did not believe [her] explanation", and that "the evidence was more than sufficient to support the jury’s verdict."[13][14] Odeh was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison on March 12, 2015, stripped of her US citizenship, and will be deported from the United States to Jordan once she is done serving her time.[15][16][17][17][18] She is free on bail while she appeals.[15] Her conviction was unanimously vacated by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals and sent back to the District Court in February 2016.[19] Edited February 27, 2017 by Highmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02sled Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) From the above post The document was co-authored by, among others, Rasmea Yousef Odeh, a convicted terrorist. Odeh, a Palestinian, was convicted in Israel in 1970 for her part in two terrorist bombings, one of which killed two students while they were shopping for groceries. She spent 10 years in prison for her crimes. She then managed to become a US citizen in 2004 by lying about her past (great detective work, INS: Next time, use Google) but was subsequently convicted, in 2014, of immigration fraud for the falsehoods. However, she won the right to a new trial (set for this spring) by claiming she had been suffering from PTSD at the time she lied on her application So tell me again how the immigration/refugee screening and policies currently in place for the US and Canada are more than adequately protecting us. Edited February 27, 2017 by 02sled 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motonoggin Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Booga booga! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin_dry Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 another boogeyman. or this time boogeywoman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 1 hour ago, 02sled said: From the above post The document was co-authored by, among others, Rasmea Yousef Odeh, a convicted terrorist. Odeh, a Palestinian, was convicted in Israel in 1970 for her part in two terrorist bombings, one of which killed two students while they were shopping for groceries. She spent 10 years in prison for her crimes. She then managed to become a US citizen in 2004 by lying about her past (great detective work, INS: Next time, use Google) but was subsequently convicted, in 2014, of immigration fraud for the falsehoods. However, she won the right to a new trial (set for this spring) by claiming she had been suffering from PTSD at the time she lied on her application So tell me again how the immigration/refugee screening and policies currently in place for the US and Canada are more than adequately protecting us. So they caught her? GOOD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02sled Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Mainecat said: So they caught her? GOOD There are two key points...#1 she should never have gotten in to begin with #2 she gets a new trial by claiming PTSD caused her to lie on her application, just blatant manipulation of a flawed system. She lied, she knew she lied, she was a convicted terrorist. She should be gone. End of story. As it stands now a bunch of bleeding hearts may well let her stay. Edited February 27, 2017 by 02sled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 The refugee process takes 2 years and its not easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN! Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Highmark should concern himself more with his Russian President than some nobody organizing a women's protest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Just now, ICEMAN! said: Highmark should concern himself more with his Russian President than some nobody organizing a women's protest. The tightie white righties fear women ya know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Still wondering what benefit taking these third world death cultist will do that make the left so anxious to get more of them here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anler Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Sounds like you guys need a safe space from these broads. Don't worry I'm sure Trump is working on making protesting illegal as we speak. Then you will be safe! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 6 minutes ago, Mainecat said: The tightie white righties fear women ya know As opposed to your "depends" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Anler said: Sounds like you guys need a safe space from these broads. Don't worry I'm sure Trump is working on making protesting illegal as we speak. Then you will be safe! what? Wait I just stepped over a lawn grub Edited February 27, 2017 by Mainecat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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