The Cordoba House opposition was enabled by prior Obama-era homegrown terrorism hysteria.

Evidence

The far right’s effort to brand the center as the “victory mosque” was successful because it built on the media hysteria whipped up in the previous months by the Obama administration. The frenzy around “homegrown terrorism” opened the door, and it was just a matter of time before the far right came waltzing (or perhaps goose-stepping) in. These forces, along with sectors of the Republican Party, were so successful in setting the terms of the debate that anywhere between 54 and 68 percent of Americans expressed opposition to the project at its proposed location. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 521

Categorization

• XREF: Connects domestic fear-mongering to state/media politics — exactly the reader’s frame linking psyche to state power. — connects to: Homegrown terrorism panic let Obama continue Bush-era war policies — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 499; Homegrown terrorism hysteria enabled far-right Islamophobes to seize the national debate. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 511; Liberal Islamophobia under Obama worsened conditions for Muslims at home and abroad — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 436 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Homegrown terrorism hysteria enabled far-right Islamophobes to seize the national debate. #corroborates (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 511
• Liberal Islamophobia under Obama worsened conditions for Muslims at home and abroad #expands (0.50) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 436