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In reply to the discussion: Clinton: I'll say the words 'radical Islamism' [View all]AntiBank
(1,339 posts)Remember these 2 chestnuts of wisdom?
https://twitter.com/hillaryclinton/status/667371059885301761
Muslims are peaceful and tolerant people and have nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism."
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Hillary Clinton staked her presidential campaign Thursday on the curious claim that 'radical jihadism' is not a byproduct of Islam."
Hillary hammers 'obsession' with the words 'radical Islamic terrorism' as she insists 'Muslims ... have nothing whatsoever to do with terrorism'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3325645/Hillary-hammers-obsession-words-radical-Islamic-terrorism-insists-Muslims-whatsoever-terrorism.html#ixzz4BTQIozDW
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Clinton instead referred repeatedly to 'radical jihadism' as a global scourge, but didn't explain how the concept of jihadism is consistent with the notion that adherents of the world's second largest religion are uninvolved.
Blaming 'radical Islamic terrorism' for vicious attacks of the sort that killed 129 people last Friday in Paris, she said, 'is not just a distraction.'
Affiliating them with a religion, Clinton insisted, 'gives these criminals, these murderers, more standing than they deserve and it actually plays into their hands by alienating partners we need by our side.'
I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this point