Howard Dean: ‘I’m Uncomfortable Focusing on Radical Islam’… – Howard Dean – Fox Nation

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Howard Dean: ‘I’m Uncomfortable Focusing on Radical Islam’… – Howard Dean – Fox Nation.

I’m a little uncomfortable focusing on the notion of ‘radical Islam’ because the truth is radical anything is what’s bad, and people who use violence.… What radicals do is they polarize people to get this kind of reaction. … Intolerance breeds intolerance. And we can’t fight intolerance with intolerance. … The radicals that are targeting us are in fact bigoted, misogynist, and intolerant. And if we respond that way, they’ve won. I’m not gonna give up what America believes in because different individuals happen to belong to a particular religion or to a particular sect.

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