re: Argument Tip: "Radical Islamic Terrorist" v. "White Supremacist" or "Alt-Right"

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If you say there is no difference then the leftist would assume that all Islam is moderate and the far righties would assume all Islam is radical.

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very few leftists believe that and only a small minority of righties believe that

the vast majority of everyone understands there are secular muslims, moderate muslims, islamists, and jihadists. the prog narrative is that they don't even like using the term "Radical islam" so that (a) they don't group all muslims together as radical and (b) to not embolden the radicals by legitimizing them

this EXACT argument applies to the "white supremacists" and "alt-right", but the progs are pushing THAT narrative. they are both grouping all of their opponents as the most radical opponents AND emboldening the extremists at the pole by validating them as a bigger portion of the main group than they are

i mean frick, they're even doing the "if you don't publicly criticize and isolate yourself from the radicals, you're enabling the radicals" argument. that is literally the exact argument they criticize with the muslim angle