[calcowgirl]

“In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”

More complete quote:

"Of course, not all my conversations in immigrant communities follow this easy pattern. In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific reassurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."

“The Audacity of Hope,” page 261 (paperback version)

He's talking about the mistreatment of American citizens, specifically immigrants and uses Muslims as an example. You have a problem with that?

[OnRightOnLeftCoast]

See my #15.

[popdonnelly]

The audacity of a dope.

[sodpoodle]

I think we would all like reassurances that their citizenship means something.

That they respect the rule of law as it exists and not Sharia law as they would like. That they respect American
tolerance for all religions under those laws and learn to respect the sacrifices made by Jews & Christians, in uniform and in service to the freedoms they enjoy.

I would like reassurances that they are making efforts to spread the idea of American freedoms to other Muslim relatives and friends throughout the world and decry the barbarism that Islam’s fanatics are promulgating.