It\u2019s amazing what lawmakers are doing with taxpayers\u2019 money. Representative Peter T. King, the New York Republican and Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, began a \u201ccongressional investigation of Muslim American radicalization.\u201d[1] King claims that the catalyst which led him to conclude that a hearing was necessary, was the consistent warning from the Obama administration concerning the rise of homegrown terrorism. I see more problems than benefits. Here are three:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hearing provides an opportunity for real Islamic radicals to argue that their hatred for America, and the west for that matter, is reciprocal. They will be able to say, \u201cWe hate them because they hate us.\u201d In other words, though the objective of the hearing is to discuss the radicalization of American Muslims, it may serve as a poster for recruitment. Perhaps this may seem minuscule or far-fetch. However, it is a real possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Included in this so-called, \u201cfree society\u201d of ours are people who are afraid of what they don\u2019t understand. Though in theory, Americans claim to understand that within any major group there are smaller groups that may hold differences that are substantial, in practice, they can\u2019t resist generalizing. Generalizing is extremely dangerous when dealing with people because the tendency to treat everyone underneath the label the same way is irresistible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fact that a hearing is being may suggest to Americans that the Muslim community is a big threat because of its susceptibility to radicalization. Those who were already terrified of the Muslims next door, will not only be more afraid but will see their camp enlarge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though some Muslims think that the hearing is a good idea\u2014they are hoping that it will show America a better portrait, some feel that it is undue attention that will do nothing but promote hate. If the hearing does have negative effects, as I\u2019m suggesting, then naturally it will affect a Muslim\u2019s experience in this country. Having someone look at you with hatred or fear is disturbing, especially when you have no desire to invoke those emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[1]\u00a0\u201cDomestic Terrorism Hearing Opens With Contrasting Views on Dangers,\u201d The New York Times. \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Featured image: Pexels<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m always glad to hear from readers. Please like and\/or share your thoughts below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s amazing what lawmakers are doing with taxpayers\u2019 money. Representative Peter T. King, the New York Republican and Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, began a \u201ccongressional investigation of Muslim American radicalization.\u201d[1] King claims that the catalyst which led him to conclude that a hearing was necessary, was the consistent warning from the Obama administration concerning the rise of homegrown terrorism. I see more problems than benefits. Here are three: A Commercial for Radical Islam The hearing provides an opportunity for real Islamic radicals to argue that their hatred for America, and the west for that matter, is reciprocal. They […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[583],"tags":[699,700,613,696,697,701,698],"class_list":["post-12508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-homeland-security","tag-homeland-security-committee","tag-islam","tag-muslims","tag-peter-king","tag-politics","tag-radicalization-hearing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacquesreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacquesreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacquesreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacquesreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacquesreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12508"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jacquesreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13381,"href":"https:\/\/jacquesreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12508\/revisions\/13381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacquesreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacquesreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacquesreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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