First, it's a typical reaction to attack the source. I don't read the federalist, for what it's worth. I don't really care if it has some reputation. The fact is that the white house censored a certain term that it has itself avoided using, when used by another country's leader. It's simply the case that Obama has declined to acknowledge that Islamism is a problem, has frequently said things like "ISIS is not Islamic" or "This attack has nothing to do with Islam"... this is just one example of that. When you lie to people, treat them like idiots, or try to hush up some important issue, they tend to rebel. This is why anti-holocaust denial laws seem to have produced a cottage industry of holocaust denial (not to mention the attendant ultra-right wing nationalism) in Europe. It's counter-productive. With respect to the second statistic it was just another example of him using poor information to further an agenda. Good intentions, I'm with you on the policy, but stop lying to people, stop hyperbolizing. I've said it before; this is why Milo Yiannopoulos has hundreds of thousands of twitter followers.
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Also, how could you possible have any idea on whether or not he's tried to rein that in? You couldn't. You just made that up because it suits your opinion.
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Aside from at one point calling out coddled students last fall, he has had absolutely nothing to say publicly on the left behaving in an insane fashion. That's how you rein in the crazies when you're the President and the leader of the presumably liberal major political party: you tell them to knock it off. We know his rhetoric has been the sort referenced above, which is highly problematic. So yeah, we know he hasn't reined in this strain of thought within the left. We'd notice if he gave a speech.
Are you suggesting that he's waging some secret campaign against the worst elements within his political ideological wing without anyone noticing?