People do get emotional and say terrible things after terrorist attacks. I know I thought some pretty horrible things after Orlando, and expressed some of those thoughts in private conversations with friends. In situations like this, I think people deserve a chance to walk back anything they regret saying.
However, it is unacceptable for an elected official and former senior law enforcement officer to say things like this in public, and it is disturbing how his wording seems to be more deliberate than it appears. Subtleties like "Islamic horror" instead of "Islamic terror" and "radicalized Islamic suspect" instead of "Islamic terrorist" are pretty clear if you're listening for them and are not the kinds of word choices made out of emotion or carelessness.
Yes, yes, yes. Second Graf is 100% spot on.
Indeed.
This, and other recent unexpectedly cogent hosts have just earned Santander off of my ignore list
(for now)
