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Obama's address at Countering Violent Extremism summit
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RE: Obama's address at Countering Violent Extremism summit
February 19, 2015 at 2:15 pm (This post was last modified: February 19, 2015 at 2:18 pm by FatAndFaithless.)
(February 19, 2015 at 2:11 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: It's about rhetoric.

Obama is playing a rhetorical game. His point is that by calling ISIS "Islamic Extremism" you are giving them the legitimacy they need in order to continue to grow. When you equate them with Islam, you give them the tacit go ahead to further "represent" the religion. It is nothing more than an attempt to marginalize them with words.

If that's what his honest intention is (though I'm not sure how you came to the conclusion that that is his intention), then fine, I can at least understand where he's coming from. I'm still of the mind that calling a spade a spade is far better in terms of clarity. And I'm not sure exactly how we're giving tacit approval by calling them Islamic; even the people who pull the "they just have the wrong interpretation of Islam" card are at least acknowledging the direct link between their actions and their explicitly stated beliefs and reasons.
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RE: Obama's address at Countering Violent Extremism summit - by FatAndFaithless - February 19, 2015 at 2:15 pm

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