Islamophobic warriors are establishment insiders who legitimize overt racism, like McCarthy did

Evidence

In his book The Great Fear, historian David Caute showed that McCarthyism wasn’t simply about one out-of-control senator, but a political system (including both Democrats and Republicans) that allowed a figure like Joseph McCarthy to set the political agenda. McCarthy was a useful tool in prosecuting the Cold War—particularly in creating a climate of fear where dissent could be punished and neutralized. The right-wing Islamophobic warriors play a similar role during the era of the war on terror. They are not “alien outsiders” but emerge from within the political establishment, the security apparatus, the academy, think tanks, and the mainstream media. Thus, far from “infiltrating” an otherwise sound democratic system, the “new McCarthyites,” as I call them, are a product of, and sit comfortably within, the structures of US empire; their role is to elevate and legitimize overt racism. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 652 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

This chapter sets out to disprove this claim. As the entire book has argued, Islamophobia, better understood as anti-Muslim racism, emerges from the bowels of empire and goes far beyond fringe right-wing elements. … In his book The Great Fear, historian David Caute showed that McCarthyism wasn’t simply about one out-of-control senator, but a political system (including both Democrats and Republicans) that allowed a figure like Joseph McCarthy to set the political agenda. McCarthy was a useful tool in prosecuting the Cold War—particularly in creating a climate of fear where dissent could be punished and neutralized. The right-wing Islamophobic warriors play a similar role during the era of the war on terror. They are not “alien outsiders” but emerge from within the political establishment, the security apparatus, the academy, think tanks, and the mainstream media. Thus, far from “infiltrating” an otherwise sound democratic system, the “new McCarthyites,” as I call them, are a product of, and sit comfortably within, the structures of US empire; their role is to elevate and legitimize overt racism. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 652 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: McCarthy-style anti-Muslim warriors emerge from within the establishment, not outside it — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 652; Islamophobic warriors function like McCarthy as useful tools of empire; Right-wing Islamophobes mirror McCarthy as system-insiders servicing empire, not fringe outsiders — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 652 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• McCarthy-style anti-Muslim warriors emerge from within the establishment, not outside it #corroborates (0.95) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 652
• Right-wing Islamophobes mirror McCarthy as system-insiders servicing empire, not fringe outsiders #corroborates (0.90) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 652
• Islamophobic warriors are embedded in the US establishment, not outsiders #corroborates (0.90)
• Islamophobia warriors are integral to the establishment, not fringe aberrations #corroborates (0.88) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 732
• Islamophobic warriors function like McCarthy as useful tools of empire #expands (0.85)
• Unchallenged propaganda legitimized monitoring Muslims like Cold War reds #qualifies (0.72) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 559
• Elite political rhetoric legitimizes anti-Muslim racism among constituents #expands (0.72) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 827