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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@BrendaCostello5 No, panelists framed Benghazi as part of larger war on terror, so Ahmed's question highly relevant.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@BrendaCostello5 No, Gaffney's reference to Muslim Brotherhood (and supposed ties to Hillary assistant) make clear talking about more.
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