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Originally Posted by MossadConspiracy
he's kind of a nativist though, and most of us are immigrants. so i think there are alot of foreign policy differences and definitely huge gaps between most muslims and the "paleo-cons" when it comes to immigration policy. Also their view on American culture and identity, the primacy of the English language, etc
Muslims are diverse, i'm sure some are totally on the same page with that pole of the conservative movement. Others probably just love the fact that he dislikes Israel so that outweighs everything else that they may disagree with him about
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freaking islamica ate my post. i'll reply later. i don't really disagree with anything you said, but i have some clarifications
edit: nevermind, got it
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Originally Posted by MossadConspiracy
he's kind of a nativist though, and most of us are immigrants. so i think there are alot of foreign policy differences and definitely huge gaps between most muslims and the "paleo-cons" when it comes to immigration policy. Also their view on American culture and identity, the primacy of the English language, etc
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Yeah, he's more than 'kind of' a nativist. I don't really take issue with his ethnocentricity so much - he's proud of his heritage and whatever, more power to him. But he's not a racist as he's often accused of being.. he more just kind of wants everyone to assimilate into an "American" identity (of which English & Christianity are a big part).
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Originally Posted by MossadConspiracy
Muslims are diverse, i'm sure some are totally on the same page with that pole of the conservative movement. Others probably just love the fact that he dislikes Israel so that outweighs everything else that they may disagree with him about
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I don't know that anyone's really entirely on the same page, but I do think that in terms of both foreign and domestic policy, they best represent the views of your average Muslim at this point in time. They're also not "country club" Republicans (the neocons usually are), and as such tend to be a lot more populist than your average Republican, which I think appeals to Muslims as well