When you see what Donald Trump is doing, is that any different from what we describe as radicalizing people? Yet Omar and others on social media were correct to criticize her benighted attempt at describing Islamic radicalization. (This isn’t the first scandal Reid has faced, having weathered one in 2018 over long-ago blog posts containing homophobic comments.) To hear Reid tell the story, Muslim “leaders” exhort their “supporters” to commit acts of violence, and “radicalization” is the upshot. It’s more the feeling that ‘I’m threatened, I’m going to defend myself.’” Which is to say, the parallel that Reid and Jamali identified is real.

Source: Washington Post September 02, 2020 18:51 UTC