One of the most annoying things in this pandemic is folks on left & right only using metrics of ‘hospitalizations’ and ‘deaths’, as if that’s all that matters, as if #longcovid doesn’t exist, as if the data showing even ‘mild’ Covid cases can have cognitive effects doesn’t exist!
Some of us, rightly, sensibly, wisely, don’t want to get Covid - a brand-new disease with unknown long term consequences for the human body! - even if it won’t lead to us getting hospitalized or dying. Forgive me for having a higher bar than that.
The willful downplaying of #longcovid is both morally wrong and bonkers from a public policy perspective given the healthcare costs of tackling it in the coming years and maybe decades.
So, I opened the @MehdiHasanShow on @MSNBC last night with a monologue outlining the *five* main unanswered questions I'd like the House select committee on January 6th to get to the bottom of.
Please do watch & share:
1. Were certain GOP members of Congress involved in organizing the January 6th rally, as claimed by far-right pro-Trump activist Ali Alexander?
2. Were certain GOP members of Congress in contact with insurrectionists, or militias involved in the insurrection, and even giving them tours beforehand?
Salams @Ed_Husain, it's been a while but I just read this and the opening sentence is pretty offensive and insulting, given there are Muslim political prisoners in Dubai and Muslims were pogromed in Delhi just last year. thejc.com/comment/the-ev…
Also, you suggest "radical Muslims" should leave Britain if they don't like it but, per your logic, if you don't like British cities and towns like Derby or Doncaster, maybe you should be the one leaving the UK, for India or Dubai. Good luck with Modi. thejc.com/comment/the-ev…
I'll be honest, @Ed_Husain, I'm also personally insulted by your suggestion that those of us Muslims who are republicans and democrats and not monarchists and don't 'pray' for the Queen are somehow unpatriotic or unBritish. That's BNP-type language tbh. thejc.com/comment/the-ev…
House Democrats lining up to suggest their colleague @ilhanmn of supporting or giving cover for terrorist groups are not just willfully misrepresenting her remarks, but engaging in clear Islamophobic tropes and sadly helping to once again increase murderous threats against her.
Muslim Americans are fed up of constantly being accused of supporting terrorism - including by liberals and Democrats! - when they/we simply make factual points about international law or foreign policies or war crimes.
1) Criticism of Israel, a country, and/or Zionism, a political ideology, isn't in and of itself antisemitic.
2) Criticism of Israel and Zionism can sometimes be antisemitic.
Both these statements can be true.
Btw, much of the trolling & abuse I've had on here over the past 24 hours has had little to do with Israel/Palestinians. This tweet is a reminder that it's all to do with *Pakistan* & a lot of nationalists not liking anyone criticizing their government:
Also the entire defense of the Pakistani FM’s comments about Israel ‘controlling’ the media with its ‘deep pockets’ is to pretend he didn’t say those words and invent a totally different set of words to then defend and demand I agree or disagree with. Tells you everything tbh.
If you want to claim the media is biased towards Israel, or that pro Israel organizations lobby the media successfully, or Israel has political influence in Western capitals, that’s all fine and legitimate. But claiming Israel ‘controls’ the media with its ‘deep pockets’ isn’t.