In Commentary, Abe Greenwald discusses the logic some are using to deny that the Orlando shooter’s actions were connected with Islam or ISIS, and the problems such assertions create.
See the problem? If ISIS isn’t a true representation of Islam and if Omar Mateen wasn’t a particularly devout Muslim, wouldn’t that make him—by progressives’ own logic—an exemplar ISIS terrorist? Apparently not. As it turns out, Islamist terrorism is for confused Muslims only until a confused Muslim commits mass murder in the name of Islam. When that happens, Islamist terrorism turns out to be for the serious and devout, after all.
Greenwald goes on to discuss why one ought not decieve on these matters, and explain the purpose of such deceptions. Read the full piece here.
