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Until someone gives context that changes the perception, I’m going to think that you don’t know what “context” means. What you seem to be saying is that we need to listen to her speech, understand her message and ignore the offensive words because they don’t matter. That is not the same thing as taking her words out of context. In that case, one could say concede that if people were insulted, perhaps she could have been more careful with her words, yet urge people to hear her message. It’s not clear why some will not make that concession. [/quote]

Do you honestly think that if Omar conceded that she could have used better words that it would end the controversy? There are people actually producing videos that Trump is retweeting. Omar's opponents are absolutely gleeful at this opportunity. Do you think that if she conceded that they would say, "thanks for the concession, now let's discuss your point about all Muslims being blamed for the attack"?

But, let me turn this around. Here is Omar's complete sentence:

“CAIR was founded after 9/11, because they recognized that some people did something and that all of us were starting to lose access to our civil liberties.”

How would you rephrase that to not be offensive while still making the point that all Muslims were punished for the actions of a few?

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...because the entire middle eastern and Muslim communities were being wrongly lumped in with the terrorists who committed the heinous acts on 9/11, yada yada yada.

I'm a bleeding heart liberal, but I think the congresswoman wasn't being sloppy with her choice of words. Words matter, and she knows that...which is precisely why she characterized the terrorists that way. I mean, can't we agree that the terrorism that occurred on 9/11 was in fact committed by terrorists? [/quote]

She's a non-native English speaker.  I think she meant exactly what she said -- that CAIR was founded due to the anti-Muslim backlash after 9-11.[/quote]

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