Orchestrated talking points transformed Cordoba House into an invasion symbol

Evidence

The talking points were well orchestrated; neocon Daniel Pipes used the same wording, stating that the building “reeks of Islamic triumphalism.” Cordoba House was turned into a symbol of the Muslim invasion of the United States and a step toward the American equivalent of “Eurabia.” — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 652

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• XREF: Parallels the coordinated rhetorical campaign in the filibuster and moral panic literatures — manufactured consent via synchronized language.