Politicians Aren’t Causing Anti-Muslim Hostility — Jihadists Are

According to USA Today, Indiana Congressman Andre Carson (who is a Muslim) said he received a death threat.  In part, he blames politicians for this threat, because they’ve been “fanning the flames of bigotry.”

The Washington Post — according to David French at National Review — reported:

HATEFUL WORDS HAVE REAL-LIFE CONSEQUENCES: There here have been two dozen attacks documented against Muslims in the U.S. since the Paris attacks, including a pig’s head being thrown at a mosque, according to USA Today. Indiana Democratic Rep. Andre Carson, one of two Muslims in Congress, announced that he received a death threat. He blames politicians for “fanning the flames of bigotry.”

French isn’t buying it.  He asks if people are lashing out because of “hateful words” or….

…because they might be upset at the deaths of 120 innocent people in Paris or 14 innocent people in San Bernardino? I would say that hateful acts have far more real-life consequences than hateful words. Indeed, there is no politician’s statement that is more inflammatory than actual murder and actual terrorism — especially when murder and terror occur on a large scale.

That’s a great point no one else is making.  French concludes,

Read more of his piece here.
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