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In reply to the discussion: Orlando played host to Muslim speaker’s call for death to gays, just weeks ago [View all]Chakab
(1,727 posts)that these Right Wing bigots use the same language as that cleric did day in and day out and they are considered respectable to the point where Presidential hopefuls are comfortable being in their presence.
People should have the same response to the cleric and tell these people that this kind of language is no longer acceptable in the public political discourse in the US. The fact that I'm being attacked for pointing this out because of the notion that the only appropriate response to this event is denounce Islam is laughable.
It's just as bad, and people who live in the States have far more exposure to fundamentalist Christians than Islamic terrorists. Getting killed by a group of Rednecks who stomp you to death because you're gay or trans is just as bad as getting killed in a mass shooting.