Homegrown-terror hysteria in liberal media enabled the Ground Zero mosque campaign

Evidence

This success, however, was in no small part due to the role played by the liberal establishment. In the months prior, the media had whipped up hysteria around the threat of “homegrown terrorism.” This green scare was integral to Obama’s announcement to deploy 33,000 more troops to Afghanistan. In short, even though the right-wing Islamophobia network had been active for a few decades, the climate created by official liberalism in the form of support for more security measures to ferret out the “terrorists” in our midst bolstered their ability to take the argument further. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 671

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Park51 mosque controversy took off because of homegrown-terrorism hysteria — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 646; Liberal security hysteria functionally powered the right-wing mosque campaign’s success — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 659; The mosque controversy exploded only when far-right bloggers weaponized it against a homegrown-terror backdrop — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 658 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Liberal security politics amplified right-wing Islamophobia against the NYC Islamic center #corroborates (0.95) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 659
• Liberal homegrown-terror hysteria amplified right-wing Islamophobia #corroborates (0.90) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 671