{"id":2650616,"date":"2026-08-27T15:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-reparations-leftist-mehdi-hasan-accidentally-makes-a-hilarious-case-against-them-while-defending-muslims\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T15:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:42:50","slug":"pro-reparations-leftist-mehdi-hasan-accidentally-makes-a-hilarious-case-against-them-while-defending-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-reparations-leftist-mehdi-hasan-accidentally-makes-a-hilarious-case-against-them-while-defending-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Reparations Leftist Mehdi Hasan Accidentally Makes a Hilarious Case Against Them While Defending Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-reparations-leftist-mehdi-hasan-accidentally-makes-a-hilarious-case-against-them-while-defending-muslims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2650616&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content presents a discussion on the controversial idea of reparations for slavery, stating that it is an ineffective and unjust concept for many reasons. It emphasizes that living Americans did not own slaves nor are they responsible for past injustices,and that history simply documents events without moral judgment or debts. The article criticizes proponents who demand financial reparations long after slavery&#8217;s abolition, citing examples such as MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan defending Muslim Americans and contrasting it with a tweet from Will Chamberlain suggesting reparations for Muslims over 9\/11.Hasan responds by condemning accusations against Muslims, but Chamberlain points out the inconsistency in demanding reparations for historical wrongs only from certain groups. The piece argues that holding entire groups financially responsible for past atrocities is unfair and hypocritical, advocating instead for moving on from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-tennessee-bans-critical-race-theory-educators-alternate-between-pledging-to-break-law-and-denying-crt-was-ever-in-schools\/\" title=\"As Tennessee Bans Critical Race Theory, Educators Alternate Between Pledging To Break Law And Denying CRT Was Ever In Schools\">racial grievances<\/a> to promote unity and progress.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>One of the left\u2019s worst ideas is, and always has been, the idea that black Americans are owed financial reparations for slavery.<\/p>\n<p>Claiming that people who never committed historical atrocities should pay people who never suffered atrocities, all in the name of so-called justice, is absurd.<\/p>\n<p>That argument has always been empty.<\/p>\n<p>Living Americans did not own slaves. Living Americans are not slaves.<\/p>\n<p>To boot, history is neither fair nor cruel in any moral sense, and it has no debts that can be billed to the present via PayPal, CashApp, Venmo, Zelle, or direct payments via ACH or paper check from the Treasury.<\/p>\n<p>History is simply a documentation of what happened, no matter how uncomfortable it might have been.<\/p>\n<p>But that has never stopped the left from demanding cash from people who had nothing to do with slavery.<\/p>\n<p>Enter former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SZvkTmNQSy4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a vocal supporter<\/a> of sweeping reparations.<\/p>\n<p>This week he was so eager to defend his fellow Muslims ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, that he undercut the entire reparations premise while chasing a quick political point.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative commentator Will Chamberlain posted a video of Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed arguing for cash payments more than 160 years after slavery ended.<\/p>\n<p>Chamberlain wrote on X:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI totally agree. American Muslims like Abdul need to pay reparations to the families of the victims of 9\/11 and the soldiers who lost their lives in the war on terror.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I totally agree. American Muslims like Abdul need to pay reparations to the families of the victims of 9\/11 and the soldiers who lost their lives in the war on terror <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gkAiSM1qLm\">https:\/\/t.co\/gkAiSM1qLm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/willchamberlain\/status\/2092297054693265883?\">August 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rushing to answer Chamberlain, Hasan replied, \u201cNothing to see here, just a conservative pundit blaming all Muslims in America for 9\/11. Imagine if a leftist pundit blamed all Jews in America for Gaza. Will we see heated condemnations of this racist freak, \u00e0 la Piker? Of course not.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nothing to see here, just a conservative pundit blaming all Muslims in America for 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine if a leftist pundit blamed all Jews in America for Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Will we see heated condemnations of this racist freak, \u00e0 la Piker? Of course not. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZTOkHKorA6\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZTOkHKorA6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mehdirhasan\/status\/2092554797673042210?\">August 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chamberlain spotted the contradiction immediately and nailed the radical leftist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait are you saying it\u2019s wrong to demand people compensate others for an atrocity they had nothing to do with? What a concept,\u201d Chamberlain replied.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wait are you saying it\u2019s wrong to demand people compensate others for an atrocity they had nothing to do with?<\/p>\n<p>What a concept<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/willchamberlain\/status\/2092557984459006105?\">August 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Either entire groups can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-board-association-asks-supreme-court-for-what-judge-calls-one-free-rape\/\" title=\"School Board Association Asks Supreme Court For What Judge Calls \u2018One Free Rape\u2019\">held financially responsible<\/a> for paying other groups over historical wrongs, or they cannot.<\/p>\n<p>You do not get to apply the rule only to the groups you dislike.<\/p>\n<p>Hasan has never been known for pushing sound logic, and this slip is more of the same.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s what you get from someone who has built a career on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-should-keep-california-from-dictating-to-whole-country\/\" title=\"Congress Should Keep California From Dictating To Whole Country\">bad-faith arguments<\/a> across almost every issue.<\/p>\n<p>At least he is now on record conceding that the immorality of a few is not a debt the descendants of an entire group must pay.<\/p>\n<p>That is a win for anyone who wants to move on instead of keeping racial grievances permanently open for debate to scare people into voting for bad policy.<\/p>\n<p>Hasan appears ready to move on as well, even if he only admitted it by accident.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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