If we're going to be truthful, 9/11 mainstreamed Islamophobia, not Dawkins and Harris, et al.
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Nope: polling is very good on this. Islamophobia down after 9/11. Went up few years later with rise of anti-Islam industry
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I think the "Obama is a Kenyan Muslim" movement had a lot to do with it too - those FB memes go a long way in influencing people
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Yeah, Bush was R saying Iraqi people would be cooperative. Obama a lib; "Obama is a Muslim" became attack narrative
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anti-political correctness rhetoric too.
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It's so sad how the anti-political correctness rhetoric seemed to serve to encourage and reinforce the hatred.
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@hannahgais Bill Maher is not a centrist or even "normal" liberal.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Ridiculous statement. FOX News and other right-wing media have been fanning the anti-Muslim flames for years.
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+ Right-wing Xians. e.g. Franklin Graham criticized Paul Ryan on FB when he opposed Muslim ban & many followers echoed
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& former-left war supporters (Hitchens). Maher/Dawkins culpable but how much mass influence? Debatable.
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New atheists waned in influence, imo, as culture split into controv re: war, "tolerance of Islam," feminism, biotruths
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