This cozy relationship between right-wing Islamophobes and ISIS is exemplified in a piece by far-right pundit David Horowitz--whom the civil rights organization the Southern Poverty Law Center refers to as "the godfather of the modern anti-Muslim movement"--literally titled "Thank You ISIS."
Extremism researcher Malcolm Nance insisted that, by publishing the video, Fox News was propagating "exactly what ISIS wants to propagate."
The idea that ISIS is behind terrorist attacks in the US like the Garland shootings is also exactly what the fascist group wants to propagate, in order to increase fear of it, and thus augment the power (and recruits) it derives from this fear and the subsequent state oppression it engeders. In doing so, it also happens to bolster the deranged rants by xenophobic Islamophobes who claim Islam poses a grave domestic threat to Americans.
In short, thanks in no small part to the irresponsible US media, the Garland shooting is overall "a win for ISIS and Islamophobes--and a loss for everyone else."
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