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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Clinton: I'll say the words 'radical Islamism' [View all]bettyellen
(47,209 posts)89. Oh please- YOU misquoted her as if she said the same thing as Trump. Bullshit. She is pushing for
gun control, first and foremost. God forbid Sanders really get behind stringent identity checks.
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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