Ideological formulations can precede their serious political application by decades.
Evidence
Anticipating Ben Carson’s 2015 claim that “Islam is inconsistent with the Constitution” and Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal’s statement, that same year, that Muslim immigration is part of an attempt to “overtake the culture” of the West, the Hassan court’s framing of Islam as threatening to American values and society carried the Muslim naturalization ban forward. Indeed, the very stereotypes instrumental to the courts’ understanding of Islam have been echoed, in virtually identical terms, by today’s Islamophobia-peddling politicians. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 193 (
#exemplifies, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Century-old judicial stereotypes of Islam persist verbatim in today’s politics. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 193; Political slogans can be historically concrete despite appearing abstract later; A technical scientific word can become a mass political slogan within a decade. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!: A Manifesto of the…, 483
Related
- Century-old judicial stereotypes of Islam persist verbatim in today’s politics. (similarity 0.87)
- Anti-Muslim rhetoric was founded in the Middle Ages and persists into today (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Century-old judicial stereotypes of Islam persist verbatim in today’s politics.
#exemplifies(0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 193 - Political slogans can be historically concrete despite appearing abstract later
#qualifies(0.75)