Dima Ali called Dan Moroney a “white supremacist.” Moroney’s friend Matt Baron responded by likening Dima Ali to a terrorist. Baron has now been condemned for “Islamophobia,” why isn’t the District 200 school board apologizing for Moroney for Ali’s defamation of him? Because “white supremacist” is the acceptable smear that can be leveled at anyone and everyone who dissents from the Leftist agenda. No apology is necessary.
“D200 board denounces member’s ‘Islamophobia,'” by Michael Romain, OakPark.com, January 6, 2021:
During a special board meeting held Dec. 22, members of the District 200 school board apologized to Oak Park resident Dima Ali and formally denounced comments made by D200 board member Matt Baron that many community members said caused harm to Ali and other Muslim and non-white Oak Parkers.
The controversy dates to a comment written by Ali in November under a Wednesday Journal news article about Oak Park Trustee Dan Moroney, which was posted to Facebook. In her comment, Ali called Moroney a white supremacist.
Baron, who knows Moroney, contacted Wednesday Journal and urged the paper to remove the Facebook comment before submitting an opinion piece to the paper in which he compared Ali’s comment to someone leaving duffle bags in public places — code for terrorism. Ali is Muslim, a fact that Baron subsequently said he did not know at the time he wrote the piece.
Baron issued a written apology roughly a week later, calling his analogy “far too intense” and “needlessly over-the-top as I sought to stir people in this community to push back on unfair character attacks.”
During brief comments made at a Dec. 3 Committee of the Whole meeting, Baron said his metaphor was “intended to provoke bystanders like those who click like or love in response to the white supremacist label,” before doubling down on what he called his “key point — let’s stop the racial identity politics.”
In her remarks made during the Dec. 22 special meeting, Ali said she was disappointed by the board’s delayed response to Baron’s comments and called for his resignation.
“An Islamophobic board member should not be sitting right now like this,” she said, adding that she felt the board failed its marginalized students and community members by not condemning Baron’s remarks more swiftly.
“We’re not terrorists,” said Ali, who is also an Oak Park and River Forest High School parent. “We are your neighbors. … We’re your friends. In this community, we don’t drop suspicious duffel bags, we drop off bags full of donations. We drop off food, soup to any sick friend and community member.”
After Ali’s remarks, D200 board President Sara Dixon Spivy read a statement on behalf of the board majority that “formally denounced” Baron’s opinion piece, adding that Baron also “failed to recognize the impact and harm” of his opinion piece in his subsequent board comments.
The board said Baron’s “racist and Islamophobic remarks directly conflict with this board’s belief in racial equity and inclusion,” adding that they have also “undermined ongoing efforts” made by the district to advance its mission of improving equity and inclusion, and creating a “culture of warmth” for all OPRF students and community members….
Will Tyson says
more islamo-insanity (UK)
mortimer says
Reply to WT: it’s more Islamic double standards … one way to treat the dirty kufaar and a better way to treat fellow Muslims.
Muslims don’t even criticize their own when they commit heinous crimes.
‘Slander’ in Islam means that one says something (which may be perfectly true) that a Muslim doesn’t want people to hear … for instance, that so-and-so is a snorer, etc.
If so-and-so is an Islamist terrorist, then of course, other Muslims are required not to say so.
Will Tyson says
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9122487/Man-54-ran-circumcision-service-perform-ritual-operations-Muslim-Christian-children.html
Keith O says
The thought police are well entrenched and the people have no choice but to shut up or become part of the problem.
mortimer says
Our opposition to Islam is best couched in verifiable STATISTICS, and actual sayings and actions of Mohammed.
If we comment on Mohammed and the Koran with our own conclusions, we will likely get accused of misrepresenting Islam.
The scientific method relies on the numbers.
gravenimage says
We *do* have to rely on having the truth on our side.
Barbara Renton says
Yes, and the truth is that no devout muslim is supposed to assimilate in other societies or cultures. Its considered wrong for them to ever befriend the infidel (non-muslim). The purpose of allowing non-US born Obama into our government was to make us into another caliphate/state of arabia. They need to fix up their own countries in the middle east and leave the rest of us infidels the fuck alone!
gravenimage says
True, Barbara.
jca reid. says
The ultimate “White Supremacist” was Mohammed himself. He was actually a White Arab. It’s in the Islamic Texts. Muslims don’t want to know the Truth, even if it bit them in the ass!
STJOHNOFGRAFTON says
The members of that school board need to get in touch with reality. Required reading should be JW’s article “Pakistan: Muslims kidnap two more Hindu girls, force them to convert to Islam”.
gravenimage says
Illinois: School board denounces member for ‘Islamophobia’ for responding to Muslim colleague’s smear
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More calumny–it will not be the last.
gregbeetham says
Just so I can be sure how the system operates; calling someone a ‘white supremacist’ isn’t in conflict with the school board’s belief in racial equality and inclusion as long as the caller is a Muslim, is that correct? Or are there extra stipulations in the fine print?
OLD GUY says
Islam always calls foul. Censorship with regards to Islam only applies to speech or press that speaks out against Islam or reports facts that they don’t like to hear. On the other hand Islamic followers don’t seem to have any problem with muslim’s threats and language against non-islamic followers. There are a lot of hate and death threats from muslim and islamic followers all over the place. I never hear them apologize or take it back. Freedom of speech means I have the right to question and speak out on any issue or idea someone else presents or accuses me or any group I’am associated with.
Barbara Renton says
Our days of freedom of speech as it is in our Constitution may be over if the evil democrats steal this or future elections. Sharia Law (no law at all, just what the pislamics call their dictatorship) may be coming soon if enough stupid idiots get into our Senate making laws. Buy your burqas now before Abdulla cuts off your head for not being respectful enough to the Moon god.