Extremism in the Mainstream
鈥淚slam has absolutely nothing in common with Christianity, nor is it a worthy part of the brotherhood of man.鈥
鈥擵anderbilt political science professor CAROL SWAIN, a self-described evangelical Christian, in a Jan. 15 Tennessean op-ed calling for 鈥渕onitoring of Islamic organizations鈥澨
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鈥淚 did leave an Israeli flag on the reception desk in my office with instructions to staff to ask representatives from the Muslim community to renounce Islamic terrorist groups and publicly announce allegiance to America and our laws.鈥
鈥擳exas State Rep. MOLLY WHITE (R), in a Jan. 29 Facebook post, describing her plan to make Muslims who visit her office take a loyalty oath
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鈥淜ayla Mueller: Dead ISIS Hostage Was Jew-Hating, Anti-Israel B----.鈥
鈥擧eadline of a Feb. 10 blog post by far-right commentator DEBBIE SCHLUSSEL on the murder of a 26-year-old American who had done humanitarian work for Palestinians
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鈥淎s far as I鈥檓 concerned, not every Muslim is guilty, but every Muslim is suspect.鈥
鈥擠elaware radio host JAKE SMITH, who was fired from WGMD-FM鈥檚 鈥淢ike and Jake in the Morning鈥 show on the same day as his Feb. 20 rant听
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鈥淸T]hey are really against war because they want all of that money to go to food stamps.鈥
鈥擣ormer U.S. Rep. RON PAUL (R-Texas), as reported Feb. 24 by Buzzfeed, on why the Congressional Black Caucus is generally anti-war
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鈥淭he homosexuals want to go into a woman鈥檚 bathroom so they can molest little boys.鈥
鈥斺淐rusading Christian鈥 THEODORE SHOEBAT, in a confused March 3 video on his website in which he also improbably claimed that 鈥淚SIS consists of many homosexuals鈥
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鈥淭hey don鈥檛 have a right to be served in every single store.鈥
鈥擮klahoma State Sen. JOSEPH SILK (R), quoted in a March 5 New York Times story, on laws that would allow businesses to refuse service to gay couples
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鈥淚 come from a town where all the blacks are getting food stamps and what I call 鈥榳elfare crazy checks.鈥 They don鈥檛 work.鈥
鈥擬ississippi State Rep. GENE ALDAY (R), describing his own town of Walls in a听March 15 article in Jackson鈥檚 Clarion-Ledger, which then called editorially for his resignation
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鈥淲hat if the skinheads want to do the Pledge of Allegiance? Are we gonna do that too?鈥
鈥擣ar-right radio host LAURA INGRAHAM on her March 20 radio show, raging about a high school that allowed students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic