Anti-mosque talking points were coordinated across right-wing nodes
Evidence
The conservative blog Pajamas Media (now PJ Media), which received $3.5 million from the right-wing figure Aubrey Chernick (discussed below), used its platform to bring together voices of opposition to the community center. Neocon Frank Gaffney wrote in June that the “Ground Zero mosque is designed to be a permanent, in-our-face beachhead for Shariah, a platform for inspiring the triumphalist ambitions of the faithful.” Republican politician Newt Gingrich echoed this point on Fox News, stating that the center represented Muslim “triumphalism.” The talking points were well orchestrated; neocon Daniel Pipes used the same wording, stating that the building “reeks of Islamic triumphalism.” — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 652
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
Related
- Anti-Muslim activism is a coordinated network spanning neoconservatives and broader right-wing factions. (similarity 0.90)
Broader Connections
- Right-wing figures coordinated identical anti-mosque talking points through funded blogs
#corroborates(0.95)