Backlash: Appropriate Only When the Liberals and Media Say It Is

Written by Jody Patterson

A “backlash” is simply a reaction to a situation, development, or political action, etc. A “backlash” maybe an adverse reaction but it can also be a just and right reaction.  “Backlashes” should not have a negative connotation for all situations; at times they are warranted and needed to enact change or justice.

The liberal/progressive groups and the media selectively “backlash” and have knee-jerk reactions when it suits their agenda. It is nauseating to see liberals and the media discuss a potential backlash against Islam in the U.S. after any bombing, gun attack, truck attack, or attack du juor that a terrorist chooses. They perch themselves on their high horses looking down at the common people and in unison repeat the same talking points, hoping said attack doesn’t create a “backlash” against Islam. They proclaim that Americans shouldn’t let these terrorist acts affect our thinking on Islam, and certainly shouldn’t affect any of our refugee or immigration programs.  According to them, this sort of reaction would be “Islamaphobic” and unjust for a country like America, the great melting pot, to participate in this kind of thinking or make any proposal for policy change.

In fact, they go as far to say that reducing or modifying refugee programs could radicalize more Muslims, which would in turn generate more terrorist attacks. Media and the liberal thought process suggests if America enacts change to our refugee/immigration policy from hostile Muslim countries then America might face Muslim “backlash” via terrorist attacks.

So why doesn’t the media preach to the Muslims and hope there isn’t a “backlash” against the U.S.? Let’s see them sit on their high horses and tell the Muslim community that these policy changes are an effort to protect its citizens and that it is a “new normal,” instead of preaching to the American people. Why do Americans have to adjust in our own country to a “new normal” of two to three terrorist attacks a year? As the “new normal,” shouldn’t it be the refugees and immigrants endure deeper background checks and vetting as they try to come into our country so that we can ensure that they are not part of a radical sect of Islam or a terrorist group?

Essentially, the media and the liberal/progressives want us to do nothing and accept this “new normal” while they sit back asking questions about why the FBI or CIA didn’t catch an attacker before it happened. They loathe anyone that suggests changes to the refugee and immigration policies.  Even though there is evidence that terrorists and jihadists are using the refugee programs of the West to infiltrate those countries, grow their networks, convert others to their ideologies, and finally, commit terrorist attacks.