The good-moderate versus bad-extremist Muslim binary always validates Western superiority

Evidence

Bush took pains in the address to point out that he was not referring to all or even most Muslims but rather to a radical minority within Islam so intoxicated with hatred that they have twisted their religion into a tool for terror. However, in doing so, he constructed a binary of “good Muslim” and “bad Muslim” that eventually paved the way for a political Islamophobia in which any Muslim who is not with “us” becomes “our” enemy. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 262 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: The good Muslim bad Muslim binary paved the way for political Islamophobia — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 262; Anti-Muslim suspicion targets all Muslims, not just violent extremists — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 540; Liberal Democrats advanced the good Muslim binary through tokenization — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 349 (+2 more)

Related

• The good Muslim bad Muslim binary paved the way for political Islamophobia (similarity 0.92)
• Liberal Democrats advanced the good Muslim binary through tokenization (similarity 0.81)
• Labeling some Muslims ‘moderate’ marginalizes all others as its necessary counterpart. (similarity 0.81)
• Western hostility to Islam shifted from theological to political rationales across the centuries (similarity 0.80)
• Islamophobia spans liberal and conservative mainstreams, not just the fringe right (similarity 0.79)
• Liberal defenses of Muslims framed Islamophobia as intolerance, not empire-linked racism (similarity 0.79)
• West-versus-Islam doubt binaries are projections of scholarly desire (similarity 0.79)
• The acceptable Muslim stereotype demands Sufi, peaceful, feminist, moderate, non-Arab traits (similarity 0.79)
• Bush’s rhetoric reduced Islam to a single object judged against Western values. (similarity 0.79)
• Islamophilia sustains the same politics of fear it claims to oppose. (similarity 0.79)
• Good and bad Muslim designations follow support for US empire (similarity 0.79)
• A good-bad Muslim demarcation barred Islamophobia from becoming a political priority. (similarity 0.78)
• Both the good and bad Muslim stereotype are political packaging tools, not descriptions (similarity 0.78)
• The good versus bad Muslim label tracks support for US empire rather than facts. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The good Muslim bad Muslim binary paved the way for political Islamophobia #expands (0.75) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 262
• The acceptable Muslim stereotype demands Sufi, peaceful, feminist, moderate, non-Arab traits #expands (0.70)
• The flip-side image of Muslim-as-friend is equally coercive and nuance-blind as enmity #expands (0.65)
• Liberal Democrats advanced the good Muslim binary through tokenization #exemplifies (0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 349
• Anti-Muslim suspicion targets all Muslims, not just violent extremists #exemplifies (0.55) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 540