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goodreasonnews: Actually, that’s not all you need to know. You need context. First off, the quote is manipulated, it’s not “will stand with the Muslims.” It’s: In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific reassurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction. The quote is a vow against internment camps, not evidence of a secret alliance with some Muslim cabal like you’re clearly suggesting. Things like this is why there are so many crazy conservatives. They see these things online and run with them. Check your facts people!

goodreasonnews:

Actually, that’s not all you need to know. You need context. First off, the quote is manipulated, it’s not “will stand with the Muslims.” It’s:

In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific reassurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.

The quote is a vow against internment camps, not evidence of a secret alliance with some Muslim cabal like you’re clearly suggesting.

Things like this is why there are so many crazy conservatives. They see these things online and run with them. Check your facts people!

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I’m still getting called a bigot for calling Islam a vicious, oppressive cult, but if I say the same thing about Christianity I get nothing but applause gifs.

I’m sorry that people of middle eastern descent have a rough time in the U.S., I really am. I understand and sympathize with them. The…

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