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First I guess let me say that I would love to hear more of this kind of thing, as I think the rest of the US would right now, because a lot of us are shocked by

First I guess let me say that I would love to hear more of this kind of thing, as I think the rest of the US would right now, because a lot of us are shocked by the outcome of the election. And while I can understand her feelings about Obamacare etc., it's very frustrating to hear someone voting for a candidate based on the actions of islamic extremists. The danger of being harmed or killed by terrorism is extremely low, especially here in the US. It's like people being afraid of flying, but having no problem driving or riding in cars every day, when statistically you're far more likely to be harmed in a car than a plane.

bbarn 10y ago
Do you live in a major metro area? Because I don't think the rest of the country is shocked outside of them. I live in Chicago and I spent most of the prime election campaigning time travelling (mostly by car) on the weekends for bike races with my fiancee, and after seeing what the US 2 hours outside of big cities felt like, I was predicting a Trump victory despite all of my friends telling me I was insane. To your other point, almost everyone has a hot button issue that matters to them. For many it's abortion, for many it's gun control, and they will almost always vote for that issue, and not the candidate. It should be no surprise someone from an Islam background cares so much about what's happening in Islamic nations and our response to it.
drodgers 10y ago
"The danger of being harmed or killed by terrorism is extremely low" Yes, but to be fair, she could be more angry about what islamic extremists are doing to people in the middle east, which is really awful and on a huge scale. It's not clear how Obama referring to it as "islamic extremism" would have any effect on that though. It seems like the state dept. made a judgement call that describing these assholes as 'islamic' was doing more harm than good, so they changed their language; I don't have any idea about whether that was reasonable or not.

bbarn 10y ago

Do you live in a major metro area? Because I don't think the rest of the country is shocked outside of them. I live in Chicago and I spent most of the prime election campaigning time travelling (mostly by car) on the weekends for bike races with my fiancee, and after seeing what the US 2 hours outside of big cities felt like, I was predicting a Trump victory despite all of my friends telling me I was insane. To your other point, almost everyone has a hot button issue that matters to them. For many it's abortion, for many it's gun control, and they will almost always vote for that issue, and not the candidate. It should be no surprise someone from an Islam background cares so much about what's happening in Islamic nations and our response to it.

drodgers 10y ago

"The danger of being harmed or killed by terrorism is extremely low" Yes, but to be fair, she could be more angry about what islamic extremists are doing to people in the middle east, which is really awful and on a huge scale. It's not clear how Obama referring to it as "islamic extremism" would have any effect on that though. It seems like the state dept. made a judgement call that describing these assholes as 'islamic' was doing more harm than good, so they changed their language; I don't have any idea about whether that was reasonable or not.