The liberal retreat over Cordoba House expanded the anti-Muslim hate group base

Evidence

This success, however, was in no small part due to the role played by the liberal establishment. In the months prior, the media had whipped up hysteria around the threat of “homegrown terrorism.” This green scare was integral to Obama’s announcement to deploy 33,000 more troops to Afghanistan. In short, even though the right-wing Islamophobia network had been active for a few decades, the climate created by official liberalism in the form of support for more security measures to ferret out the “terrorists” in our midst bolstered their ability to take the argument further. Liberal Islamophobia interacts dialectically with conservative and Far Right Islamophobia to produce the “Muslim” as a threatening race. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 659 (#expands, via linked claim)

In the months prior, the media had whipped up hysteria around the threat of “homegrown terrorism.” This green scare was integral to Obama’s announcement to deploy 33,000 more troops to Afghanistan. In short, even though the right-wing Islamophobia network had been active for a few decades, the climate created by official liberalism in the form of support for more security measures to ferret out the “terrorists” in our midst bolstered their ability to take the argument further. Liberal Islamophobia interacts dialectically with conservative and Far Right Islamophobia to produce the “Muslim” as a threatening race. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 671 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Orchestrated talking points transformed Cordoba House into an invasion symbol; Liberal retreat in the Cordoba House fight doubled the right-wing anti-Muslim base; Local politicians initially defended the Cordoba House center against right-wing attack. (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Liberal capitulation in the Cordoba House affair doubled as right-wing movement growth #corroborates (0.90)
• Liberal security politics amplified right-wing Islamophobia against the NYC Islamic center #expands (0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 659
• Liberal homegrown-terror hysteria amplified right-wing Islamophobia #corroborates (0.82) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 671
• The Cordoba House opposition was enabled by prior Obama-era homegrown terrorism hysteria. #expands (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 521
• Anti-Muslim hate incidents persisted and even intensified during the Obama presidency #complicates (0.75)