re: #818 iossarian

Right. I would be happy with “violent Muslim fanatics”, or “violent Islamism”, or variants thereon. But “radical Islam” does not in itself imply violence. Words matter.

heh. insofar as there could be Islamists who are “radical” because their skateboarding skillz are gnarly? sure, i guess.

i think that words matter, too, but i don’t know if i’ve ever encountered this particular semantic line before. i’m thinking about it…