Trump has positioned himself as the candidate who will finally get tough with the muslims. This *should* be ringing alarm bells.
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Oh I think much of the Islamophobia panic has been designed to silence criticism of religion & get vicitimization points. And yet...
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I think there's a genuine worry that anti-muslim hatred could erupt. Don't have to look far to see this hatred in Trumpist circles.
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Also, don't have to look very far to find antisemitism and white-nationalism. Sure the alt-right is a minority -but they're being normalised
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It has been persuasively argued that calling Trump supporters racist is precisely the wrong tactic and could easily backfire.
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But it would be even more foolish to ignore the threat altogether. Because there is a threat. And it's growing bigger.
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This is where we are right now. We're unable to make just criticisms because the terms for them have been so misused.
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