2. Frank Gaffney does refer to peaceful Muslims & says "they are not necessarily the problem -- at least not yet." Implication clear.
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3. Brigitte Gabriel goes on hateful rant comparing Islam to Nazism, Stalinism and Maoism and crowd absolutely explodes in applause.
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4. So, from video: Ahmed's (very reasonable, intelligent & respectful) question met with raw anti-Muslim bigotry.
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5. To defend panel you have to believe that what Gaffney and Gabriel were saying isn't anti-Muslim bigotry.
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6. Disheartening thing about incident isn't just panel but way it's been embraced & whitewashed by mainstream (i.e. Politico.).
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7. What Politico (and others) have demonstrated is that they can't recognize anti-Muslim bigotry when it is staring them in the face.
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8. Brigitte Gabriel's rant -- "are you an American?" -- was really something. Implication clear: Ahmed being disloyal by asking question.
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9. Ahmed's original question not gotcha one at all but reasonable query: how do you fight an ideological foe without engaging in ideas?
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10. Byers critique of Milbank seems heavily focused on use of verbs ("pounced" & "demanded"). Back-seat editing.
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11. About Byers critique I'll just say that when I want close-reading textual analysis, I'll stick to Leavis and Empson.
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12. Always best to think of these things in terms of institutions rather than personalities. We have Heritage problem & Politico problem.
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13. What's missing here seems to be imaginative empathy. Imagine being only Muslim in that room, getting that reaction from panel & crowd.
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