09-07-2017, 08:50 PM
(09-07-2017, 06:38 PM)PhilHos Wrote: Wow. You ... reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally did your homework there. I don't know if I should be impressed or frightened that you remembered that. lol
In all seriousness, at the time I made that comment it was because Obama had already had a history of defending Islam to the point that it seemed he never referenced the radical elements and their proclivities towards terrorism. While I can see your parallel to Trump, the difference is that Trump has not shown a habit for defending Nazi terrorists. If after a few more Nazi's drive their cars into Antifa protesters, he still refuses to acknowledge the Nazi terrorism, then I will concede the point. Fair enough?
The Islamic terrorists want western leaders to call them Islamic terrorist to use it as recruiting tool claiming their religion is under attack. These neo-Nazi/white supremacists/nationalist groups don't want to be branded with a label because it is bad for their recruitment. Trump has shown a tolerant if not sympathetic pattern towards these types of groups since campaigning for president along with his association with Bannon and others in case you're unaware. So Obama didn't empower the terrorists while Trump did empower the white nationalists.
So it seems like you're upset at Obama for doing the right thing and not upset at Trump for doing the wrong thing.
