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A Somali-Canadian journalist returned to Somalia to tell ‘uplifting’ stories. Then terrorists killed

X Factor said:
As I watch the two of you whine about Trump and Trump supporters, it occurs to me what a brave lady this was when she could have stayed safe in Canada, maybe gotten elected to office then spent her days complaining about Canada.
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Why would she?

While Canada does have some racists, on the whole we are a very different. For example, Canadians would never elect a blatantly racist leader like Trump, we're very tolerant. To the point where Canada takes more refugees than the USA in total. Not per capita, but in total.

Canada would never accept a leader who used a racist trope, and told refugees to "go back to where you came from," nor would we accept a leader who led a racist chant of "send her back". Hell, I don't think you could get that chant going at any political rally, outside of NeoNazis.

She gets free healthcare, and her children a top ten world wide public education.

I know a number of refugees and immigrants, and they have one thing in common: They love Canada, they're grateful to be here, and they're as patriotic as any Canadian.
 
HenryChinaski said:
I thought that Somalia was the So-Con paradise? A male run society with low to no taxes, zero social programs, freedom to own weapons without pesky government regulation. And best of all, liberalism to any degree is illegal.
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Sounds like Trump's wet dream.
 
X Factor said:
Sounds like someone would be grateful for not living there.
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You can be grateful and still make some suggestions. Certainly when you're brown skinned in a country as blatantly racist as the USA. She could have died in the USA because of her religion or the colour of her skin:

This is Trump's America: Slaughter in Pittsburgh, racist killings at Kroger and the MAGAbomber

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Don't you think it's acceptable for an immigrant to talk about the blatant racism against brown skinned people? Or should that be restricted to non-immigrants?
 
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From the article: Nalayeh strayed from narratives that portrayed Somalis only as “victims trapped in a vicious circle of conflicts."

Unfortunately, Somalis really are victims trapped in a vicious circle of conflicts, and even more unfortunately, that ugly truth cost a brave woman her life.
 
Serenity said:
She tried to focus on the positives and ultimately send a message that there is so much more to the Somalis than what is generally reported in the media. Her work was and hopefully will continue to be inspiring.

RIP Hodan.
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Ultimately she was wrong.
 
NeverTrump said:
This is where Trump supporters want to send Omar
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What's wrong with Somalia? I know you didn't mean to imply that it's a ****hole, because that would make you a racist.
 
Taylor said:
What's wrong with Somalia? I know you didn't mean to imply that it's a ****hole, because that would make you a racist.
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Give him a break. It can’t be easy to argue that the US is racist at its core with people getting killed for no other reason than skin color, but we should let illegal immigrants in because they’re better off here even though the country they’re fleeing is no less great and probably greater than the US.
 
NeverTrump said:
This is where Trump supporters want to send Omar
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Considering she neither likes Americans nor supports American interests, it stands to reason she'd be much happier back in "her country".

Freudian slip today on her part: "... my cou... the country I came from ... "

Chris Berg on Twitter: "LISTEN CLOSELY to @IlhanMN freudian slip here when she got back to MSP last night.
So does she identify as an American or a Somalian?
What say you? Plz share your Point of View… https://t.co/qqhm4RVTUv"
 
Barnacle said:
Considering she neither likes Americans nor supports American interests, it stands to reason she'd be much happier back in "her country".

Freudian slip today on her part: "... my cou... the country I came from ... "

Chris Berg on Twitter: "LISTEN CLOSELY to @IlhanMN freudian slip here when she got back to MSP last night.
So does she identify as an American or a Somalian?
What say you? Plz share your Point of View… https://t.co/qqhm4RVTUv"
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She likes Americans all right. It is just that she likes Americans who are not only white.
Her country of origin is Somalia. I have no problem with that even if she says it in public. She is still a US citizen as much as Melania whose country of origin is Slovenia. She works on behalf of US citizen who elected her. I suggest you pay more attention to your representatives who embarrass your state...

It is amazing how a thread about a brave Somali-Canadian woman gives the opportunity to the usual suspects to bash a Somali-American representative.
Apparently some of you think that such comments honor the memory of the dead.
 
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pamak said:
She likes Americans all right. It is just that she likes Americans who are not only white.
Her country of origin is Somalia. I have no problem with that even if she says it in public. She is still a US citizen as much as Melania whose country of origin is Slovenia. She works on behalf of US citizen who elected her. I suggest you pay more attention to your representatives who embarrass your state...

It is amazing how a thread about a brave Somali-Canadian woman gives the opportunity to the usual suspects to bash a Somali-American representative.
Apparently some of you think that such comments honor the memory of the dead.
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Does she work for all her constituents though?
 
X Factor said:
Does she work for all her constituents though?
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They will decide about it.

By the way, I do not think that a representative can ever work for everybody. People's interests even within the same party are diverse.
 
pamak said:
It is amazing how a thread about a brave Somali-Canadian woman gives the opportunity to the usual suspects to bash a Somali-American representative.
Apparently some of you think that such comments honor the memory of the dead.
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This might mean more from someone whose first post out of the gate wasn’t a complaint about the “deplorables.” :roll:
 
Isn't this thread supposed to be about Hodan?

Apparently for a few, it's much more important to take this awful event and politicize it for their own purposes. It's good to know that some people have no concern for anyone or anything but their agenda.

Repulsive.
 
X Factor said:
This might mean more from someone whose first post out of the gate wasn’t a complaint about the “deplorables.” :roll:
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and my comment is aligned to her work which was challenging the narrative of those deplorables.
 
Serenity said:
Isn't this thread supposed to be about Hodan?

Apparently for a few, it's much more important to take this awful event and politicize it for their own purposes. It's good to know that some people have no concern for anyone or anything but their agenda.

Repulsive.
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It was all good until post 7 so in common Kindergarten terms, they started it.
 
pamak said:
Her journalistic work of trying to give a different picture about Somalia
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Lady, please, this did nothing of the sort;

pamak said:
I suggest you do not bring Trump to the conversation.


Instead of saying "Trump supporters," you can say "deplorables."
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Serenity said:
Isn't this thread supposed to be about Hodan?

Apparently for a few, it's much more important to take this awful event and politicize it for their own purposes. It's good to know that some people have no concern for anyone or anything but their agenda.

Repulsive.
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It's a tragedy and a loss for sure. A girl who was granted the American Dream, returned to her country of birth to educate people about the safety, tranquilly, and beauty to be found in Somalia, and was murdered by Islamic extremists. Is there a lesson to be learned here? I don't know.
 
pamak said:
I suggest you do not bring Trump to the conversation.


Instead of saying "Trump supporters," you can say "deplorables."
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Those young radical Jr. members 'the squad' are like tigers going after a zebra in Africa.. they are preditorial.
Nancy is a slow old animal and they are young strong and wild, in the prime of their lives.
Life imitates nature.. and these people got a lotta wild in them.

They are all more than one deviation from the norm of what you expect from members of congress.
I get a kick out of listening to them & feel cheated if in my hour or two of cable news watching in the
event that they are not showcased.

Trump pegged this correctly. The Dems are caught in this politically correct trap of their own making. President Trump just knows how to push their buttons.
'A vote for a democrat is a vote for the "SQUAD". A vote for a democrat is a vote against the USA. Brilliant in its simplicity and effectiveness. Winning'
 
X Factor said:
Lady, please, this did nothing of the sort;
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If you bring the death of Somali-Canadian journalist at the same (or next) day when (after) Trump attacked a Somali-American representative, the link comes automatically. When nativism has gained strength in North America, and residents (and even citizens) of Somali origin have been under the microscope of deplorables (yes, I said it again), then the best thing one can do to honor her memory is to show the contradiction between her and the image that deplorables promote about the Somali-hyphen Americans. You said it was all good until #7 post. I disagree! That post was spot on! While I understand that this thread should not be another one of going back and forth about Trump, I think it WAS not only appropriate but actually necessary to mention the contrast between that journalist's narrative and the one that deplorables have accepted in this country.
 
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Serenity said:
Can you please expand on this comment. Wrong? How?
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She was wrong to go to a country to show the positive and get killed for it. It was no secret that could and probably might happen.

What was the purpose of that?
 
X Factor said:
That’s some thin ice you’re taking a stroll on, man.
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No it isn't. Why did she sacrifice her life for a few pictures. What was the point?
 
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