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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Clinton: I'll say the words 'radical Islamism' [View all]
choie
(6,915 posts)88. You can't compare the ant-Islam rhetoric
And the anti-Christian rhetoric..since September 11th, the hatred of Moslems in this country has been virulent.
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I LOVE Obama. I sometimes disagree with him and this is one place I do. It's such a
Maru Kitteh
Jun 2016
#120
Good people on the left should say it. I truly believe the world would be safer without religion.
JRLeft
Jun 2016
#104
...and all men are equal and should not be judged by the color of their skin
bonemachine
Jun 2016
#46
yes, it means a radical political and militant interest in Islam. She was wise to differentiate.
bettyellen
Jun 2016
#67
Islam-ism. That means it is political- for militant expansion of Islam.... Islamic is different.
bettyellen
Jun 2016
#68
Triangulation nope, it is using the correct terminology! Islam is not political, Islamism is.
bettyellen
Jun 2016
#76
RWers villify Islam, so no... she did not use the term but instead corrected it.
bettyellen
Jun 2016
#79
Oh please- YOU misquoted her as if she said the same thing as Trump. Bullshit. She is pushing for
bettyellen
Jun 2016
#89
I didn't mention Trump, you brought him in.. I have no reason to bring him into convo...
HumanityExperiment
Jun 2016
#90
You said she used the word Islamic, likened it to RW (Trump's) terminology.Wrong on both counts.
bettyellen
Jun 2016
#94
It's the republican's job to define the allowed parameters of discourse on every topic.
arcane1
Jun 2016
#50
Why do you think President Obama didn't pander to the right wing by using that term?
Armstead
Jun 2016
#28
She didn't say it expllicitly, but the GOP dog whistle says he's afraid to say it
Miles Archer
Jun 2016
#13
Armstead's point is that Obama is *not* a coward and he had good reasons not to use that language
JonLeibowitz
Jun 2016
#105
No, Hillary was basically saying fuck that bullshit, it doesn't matter what we call it.
Lord Magus
Jun 2016
#83
Yay.rah rah, shes a real.badass. Bet shell bomb the shit out of several small countries
jack_krass
Jun 2016
#112
disappointing to see the Donald Trump/Tulsi Gabbard demagoguing pay off here nt
geek tragedy
Jun 2016
#29
I hope people understand that there are "radicals" in every religion. Terrorism is
Southerncomfy
Jun 2016
#39
Amazing some of these responses. It was like Maddow once said on her show, if Hillary found the
still_one
Jun 2016
#57
And more to the point, let's take away the R's power by taking away their "magic words"
Maru Kitteh
Jun 2016
#125
big talk for someone STILL wanting to dump money and guns into Syrian rebels after the first try at
MisterP
Jun 2016
#77
Pukes have been whining that Obama won't use the words"radical" Islam for years now.
Autumn
Jun 2016
#100