Hillary: Muslims Have Nothing To do With Terrorism

[SillyAmerican]

She's completely right, of course.  ISIS has nothing to do with Islam any more than the KKK has to do with Christianity.  I understand that it's easier for Republicans to think that ISIS supporters account for 50% of all Muslim people of whatever, but everybody else understands otherwise.

Why is she "completely right"? Of course?

Do you think folks like former Islamic extremist Maajid Nawaz (author of the book "Radical: My Journey Out Of Islamist Extremism") might have something meaningful to say on the subject? It turns out that he does. Commenting on the idea of ISIL and radicalized Muslims, Mr. Nawaz states: "This idea that it's got nothing to do with Islam is as preposterous as saying it's got everything to do with Islam."

Perhaps the nuance is lost on many Americans, but it's especially sad to see that it's also lost on the former Secretary of State, someone who touts her foreign policy expertise and seeks to be the next President of these United States. Islam and radical Islam are distinct but related; the sooner we come to terms with this fact, the sooner we'll be able to address the problems posed by the latter.

[Mister Mets]

It was posted by some campaign-person. When she personally tweets something, it is followed by a --Hillary.

But the campaign person is going with the ethos of the candidate.

It's something the DNC's doubling down on with their ad about how it's wrong for Republicans to criticize radical Islam.
The main argument on political correctness is that Democrats and liberals are unwilling to discuss things that are true (which is necessary for coming up with solutions) because they're worried about causing offense. And we have the DNC outraged that Republicans are saying something that is true (Radical Islam is a problem) because it might cause offense. This seems to be a litmus test for the Clinton campaign.

[Mister Mets]

While not phrased particularly well, I see her point. Average, everyday Muslims cannot be blamed or punished for what extremists do. While it's true that many, possibly a majority of terrorists are Muslim, the opposite is not true.

The reason the comment was poorly phrased is that she's trying to avoid agreeing with Republicans, who would agree that average, everyday Muslims shouldn't be blamed for what extremists do.