From the River to the Sea of Hypocrisy: A Closer Look At Political Ironies

By Peregrine Nash 

 

Jews Are Burning, But Let’s Throw a Fundraiser

It takes a special kind of tone-deafness, let’s call it activist psychosis chic, to follow a terror attack targeting Jews with a cheerful political fundraiser featuring Rep. Ilhan Omar. But in Colorado, where the weed is legal and apparently so is moral myopia, that’s exactly what happened.

On June 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado, a peaceful gathering calling for the release of Israeli hostages turned into a scene out of a war movie. A man named Mohamed Sabry Soliman reportedly showed up, shouted “Free Palestine,” and proceeded to unleash a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails on a group of elderly Jewish Americans.

Let that sink in eight people injured, ages 52 to 88. Because nothing screams liberation quite like firebombing grandparents.

The FBI called it what it was: an act of terrorism. Governor Jared Polis condemned it unequivocally. Local law enforcement quickly opened a domestic terrorism investigation. It was shocking. Violent. Despicable.

And yet…

Days later, the Colorado Democratic Party proceeded with a planned fundraiser featuring Ilhan Omar, a politician known for her casual antisemitic dog whistles and highly curated moral outrage.

Because, hey, why let a little domestic terror derail your campaign brunch?

It’s hard to say what’s worse: the fundraiser itself or the fact that no one seemed surprised.

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Imagine the scenario: your neighbor’s house burns down in a hate crime, and three days later, you’re outside grilling hot dogs for the person who once said the fire department was “part of the problem.” That’s essentially what happened in Boulder.

But to today’s activist left, optics aren’t about empathy, they’re about ideology. The victims of the Boulder attack didn’t fit the narrative. They were too old, too Jewish, too inconvenient.

And Omar? Well, she’s a rock star in those circles. No matter how many times she’s been rebuked by her own party for inflammatory remarks. No matter how many Jewish constituents she alienates. She checks the right boxes, mouths the right slogans, and critiques the right countries.

So they gave her a mic. A room. And probably some hummus.

 

 

Hypocrisy, Served Fresh

Let’s be honest: If this had been a white supremacist torching a Black Lives Matter protest, and a Republican congressman held a fundraiser in the same city days later, the media would have combusted. There would be protests, boycotts, resignations. Tears on MSNBC. Hashtag memorials.

But this time?

Crickets. At best, a few mildly worded press statements. No cancellations. No reckonings. Just another chapter in the ongoing saga of selective outrage and progressive double standards.

It’s not that these people don’t care about violence. It’s that they only care when it’s the right kind of violence. The kind that can be monetized into GoFundMes and documentary deals.

The Boulder attack wasn’t useful. It didn’t trend. It wasn’t politically exploitable. So it got swept aside like ashes after a barbecue

 

Ilhan, Israel, and the Convenient Memory Hole

Let’s not pretend the Boulder fundraiser was some awkward scheduling snafu. This was not a Google Calendar error, it was a deliberate choice. A choice to double down. To look at a crowd of Jewish senior citizens in burn units and say, “Now is the time for Ilhan.”

Because if the modern progressive playbook has one rule, it’s this: never apologize for bad timing if you’re ideologically correct. And Omar is the poster child for performative righteousness...facts optional.

Let’s take a stroll down “We Forgot This Happened” Lane, shall we?

Exhibit A: “All About the Benjamins”

In 2019, Omar tweeted that U.S. support for Israel was “all about the Benjamins, baby,” which would be edgy if it weren’t lifted straight from Protocols of the Elders of Zion: The Mixtape. Bipartisan backlash came swiftly. AIPAC didn’t even have to comment—Democrats were already cringing.

To her credit, Omar apologized. Sort of. She called it an opportunity to “learn.” Then she went on to reoffend.

Exhibit B: “Israel Has Hypnotized the World”

Back in 2012, Omar accused Israel of hypnotizing the world, a charming combination of anti-Semitism and Harry Potter fan fiction. She apologized for that one too… seven years later… after she was elected to Congress. How brave.

Exhibit C: “Some People Did Something”

Omar’s greatest hits album wouldn’t be complete without her infamous 9/11 quote:

“Some people did something.”

 

Ah yes, some people. Just a casual day when 2,977 Americans were murdered, but don’t mind the specifics.

Now imagine, for just one second, that a Republican said something this dismissive about, say, George Floyd or Breonna Taylor. The cancelation would’ve been biblical. MSNBC would be on a 24-hour loop of panelists with furrowed brows and tragic violin music.

But Omar? She gets panel discussions about “misunderstanding her tone.”

 

The Magic of Moral Blindness

The modern far-left has a remarkable ability to normalize rhetoric they’d destroy others for. They preach feminism, then excuse misogyny from Hamas. They wave rainbow flags, then cheer for Gaza, where gay people are imprisoned or worse. They cancel comedians for old tweets but throw fundraisers for politicians who call Jewish money “hypnotic.”

It’s not just hypocrisy, it’s ideological amnesia. An entire generation of activists and politicians who forget what was said last week if it doesn’t fit the vibe.

Omar is not the cause of the problem. She’s the mascot.

 

 

Selective Solidarity: When the Left Cheers for the Oppressor

Let’s talk about the progressive left’s favorite pastime: moral gymnastics.

They’ll bend over backward to champion causes that, on the surface, align with social justice, until you scratch beneath that surface and find a quagmire of contradictions.

Take, for instance, the chant: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” It’s catchy, it’s rhythmic, and it’s loaded with implications.

The “river” refers to the Jordan River, and the “sea” is the Mediterranean. Between them lies Israel—a democratic state with protections for women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and religious minorities. Yet, the chant implies the eradication of this state.

Now, let’s juxtapose this with the realities in Palestinian territories:

• Women’s Rights: In Gaza, governed by Hamas, women face severe restrictions. Honor killings, forced veiling, and limited access to education and employment are prevalent.
• LGBTQ+ Rights: Homosexuality is criminalized, with reports of imprisonment and torture. In contrast, Israel hosts annual Pride parades and grants full rights to LGBTQ+ citizens.
• Freedom of Expression: Criticizing the government in Palestinian territories can lead to imprisonment or worse. Israel, despite its flaws, maintains a free press and robust public discourse. 

Yet, progressive activists, including Rep. Ilhan Omar, often overlook these disparities. They rally against Israel’s policies while remaining conspicuously silent on the oppressive regimes they indirectly support.

This selective solidarity begs the question: Is the advocacy truly about justice, or is it about aligning with a narrative that fits a particular political agenda?

 

 

Antisemitism Is the One Hatred That’s Always “Misunderstood”

If antisemitism were a sport, the far left would be undefeated in accidental gold medals. Not because they’re malicious masterminds, but because they’ve built an entire ideology around pretending intent doesn’t matter unless it’s their own.

Let’s talk numbers. Because facts don’t care how aesthetically pleasing your protest sign font is.

According to the Anti-Defamation League, 2023 marked the highest number of antisemitic incidents in the U.S. since they began tracking in 1979. Over 8,800 reported cases. That’s not a random rise; that’s a cultural infection. And yet, if you bring this up in polite activist circles, you’ll get eyerolls and sighs. “It’s just criticism of Israel,” they’ll say.

Right. And O.J. just misplaced a glove.

The Progressive Hall Pass

Here’s the game: if you couch your antisemitism in the language of “anti-Zionism,” you can say pretty much whatever you want.

• “Israel shouldn’t exist.”
  → That’s just political critique.
• “Jewish money controls Congress.”
  → That’s economic analysis, obviously. (very 1930s Germany chic)
• “They hypnotized the world!”
  → Just poetic license, babes!

Meanwhile, if a conservative so much as misgenders someone on a podcast, the pitchforks are out. They’ll be fired, unfriended, and sentenced to twelve consecutive TikTok explainers by purple-haired undergrads. But Ilhan Omar? She can call Jewish influence “Benjamins” and still get re-elected and honored at fundraisers.

We’ve entered the era of the Oppression Olympics, and Jews, despite thousands of years of displacement, genocide, and persecution, apparently just aren’t trendy enough to medal.

And yet…

Jews are attacked more than any other religious group in the U.S., statistically, consistently, and with rising frequency.

• Synagogues vandalized.
• Elderly Jewish people beaten in broad daylight.
• Jewish college students harassed off campus by mobs chanting genocidal slogans—yes, “From the river to the sea” is a call for eradication, not coexistence, no matter how many queer studies majors want to add rainbow glitter to the end of it.

The question is: why does this keep getting a pass?

 

Why are progressive politicians allowed to flirt with tropes that would end other careers?

Because antisemitism, unlike any other form of hatred, wears a clever disguise. It pretends to be anti-colonialism. It shows up wearing a “Free Palestine” shirt and carrying an Amnesty International tote bag. It orders a soy latte and drops words like “intersectionality” to explain why it’s okay this time.

But peel back the hashtags, and it’s the same old poison.

 

 

Intersectionality Gone Mad: Why Your Favorite Activists Are Fighting for Fascists

Somewhere along the ideological highway, the modern progressive movement missed an exit. The signs were there: “Turn Back: Contradiction Ahead,” “Last Stop Before Hypocrisy,” and of course, “Dead End: Gaza Strip.” But no, full speed ahead into the moral minefield where intersectionality, the idea that all struggles are connected, has become a weapon of mass delusion.

In theory, intersectionality is about solidarity across oppressed groups. In practice? It’s a rainbow coalition of people who would literally execute each other if they ever shared a government.

Let’s walk through this logic like it’s a minefield...because it is.

 Queer for Palestine?

There’s a strange phenomenon in Western activism: LGBTQ+ rights activists marching in solidarity with… Gaza. Yes, the same Gaza where being gay is illegal, and being openly gay is life-threatening.

Let’s be brutally clear here: if a trans activist who spends their weekends de-platforming Midwestern dads for using the word “girl” walked through Gaza with a Pride flag, the best-case scenario is a one-way ticket to a very tall rooftop. That’s not hyperbole, it’s documented.

Meanwhile, Israel is one of the only places in the Middle East where LGBTQ+ people can live freely, serve openly in the military, get married, and actually hold political office. So naturally, progressives label Israel an apartheid state and insist that “queer liberation is bound to Palestinian liberation.”

Bound how? With rope and duct tape?

 Feminists for Fundamentalism?

You’d think self-identified feminists would have some qualms about supporting a movement backed by Hamas, a group that makes the Taliban look like a gender studies panel at Berkeley.

Here’s a sampler from Hamas’s greatest hits:

• Honor killings? Common.
• Policing women’s clothing and public behavior? Absolutely.
• No legal protections for domestic violence victims? Of course not.

And yet, the same women who scream that the Texas abortion law is “handmaid’s tale level fascism” are throwing their fists in the air for… Gaza?

Meanwhile, in Israel, women vote, drive, own businesses, serve in the military, and yes, complain about the patriarchy on public radio, without being stoned.

 Minorities Supporting Major Oppression

Let’s add another layer: Black Lives Matter chapters, immigrant rights groups, and other minority-focused orgs that have rushed to embrace the “Free Palestine” narrative. Because, as the logic goes, if it’s anti-establishment, it must be good.

But there’s a problem.

These groups, many of them rooted in liberation theology, civil rights traditions, and anti-colonial rhetoric, have now aligned themselves with a movement whose leadership has literally called for a global Islamic caliphate.

Not more democracy. Not peace. Not coexistence.

A caliphate. Like ISIS, but with better branding and a social media team that retweets Western Marxists.

You couldn’t write a darker comedy. Black feminists chanting in defense of a regime that would jail them for dancing in public without a hijab. It’s not solidarity, it’s Stockholm Syndrome with a press release.

 

 

The Language of Lunacy: How Slogans Became Substitutes for Thinking

If political slogans were meals, the current progressive buffet would be Styrofoam with a side of hypocrisy, served fresh on TikTok and reheated by college professors who haven’t read a book written after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

At the top of the menu:

“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!”

Oh yes. The crown jewel of activist poetry. It rhymes, it flows, and it fits perfectly on a protest sign held by someone who couldn’t find the Jordan River on a map if it was tattooed on their kombucha bottle.

Let’s be intellectually honest for once, this chant isn’t about freedom. It’s a geographic cleansing wish list. “From the river to the sea” is code for wiping Israel off the map, the only Jewish state in the world and, notably, the only country in that region where people actually enjoy basic civil liberties.

But try pointing that out and watch the progressive meltdown begin.

“No, it’s just about peace and justice!”

Sure. And “Final Solution” was just a rebranding of real estate. So ironic the far left accuses Trump of being Hitler...

The TikTok-ification of Foreign Policy

We now live in an age where entire international conflicts are reduced to hashtags. Deeply complex, multi-century geopolitical tensions? Just make a Canva infographic. History? Meh. Let’s go with vibes.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been reimagined as an oppression fairytale, where Israel is Voldemort, Palestine is Harry Potter, and anyone who asks for a ceasefire without context is Dumbledore with a bullhorn.

Actual policy discussions? Too hard. Too nuanced.

Much easier to chant “ceasefire now!” with zero mention of who broke the last ceasefire (spoiler: it was Hamas), who started the latest war (Hamas again), or who continues to store weapons in schools and hospitals (you guessed it, Hamas).

It’s emotional cosplay for the terminally uninformed.

Slogans: For People Who Want to Feel Smart Without Being Smart

Here’s a quick quiz. Match the slogan to the blind spot: