it would have been one thing if he had convened a hearing on homegrown terrorism, period, but to single out muslims in particular is as offensive as alexandra wallace singling out asians for the problem of annoying people talking in the library. the underlying problem may be real, but the fact that they choose to point fingers at one racial or religious group as THE cause completely zaps their arguments of legitimacy.
Very true. I especially love how King himself was a vocal supporter of the IRA, but in his own words, “The fact is, the IRA never attacked the United States. And my loyalty is to the United States.” Well, then.
it would have been one thing if he had convened a hearing on homegrown terrorism, period, but to single out muslims in particular is as offensive as alexandra wallace singling out asians for the problem of annoying people talking in the library. the underlying problem may be real, but the fact that they choose to point fingers at one racial or religious group as THE cause completely zaps their arguments of legitimacy.
Very true. I especially love how King himself was a vocal supporter of the IRA, but in his own words, “The fact is, the IRA never attacked the United States. And my loyalty is to the United States.” Well, then.