When Fear Becomes Policy — Breaking Points on Calls to Expel Muslims
Update: 2025-12-16
Description
A wave of dehumanizing rhetoric is being used as political cover — and it’s more than rhetoric. (Original episode: 22 minutes • Summary: 2 minutes.)
Hosts Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti unpack recent calls by elected conservatives to expel Muslims, showing how Islamophobia is being deployed as a short-term political strategy to shore up support for Israel and reshape immigration debates. You'll learn how collective demonization works, why institutional pushback has been muted, the historical dangers of racialized politics, and how policies that start as political theater can become lasting attacks on civil rights and pluralism. Key topics: politics, current events, Israel, Islamophobia, immigration policy, and media literacy.
Takeaway: reject sweeping demonization, defend individual rights, and resist turning fear into collective punishment. Listen now to get the key ideas in minutes.
Hosts Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti unpack recent calls by elected conservatives to expel Muslims, showing how Islamophobia is being deployed as a short-term political strategy to shore up support for Israel and reshape immigration debates. You'll learn how collective demonization works, why institutional pushback has been muted, the historical dangers of racialized politics, and how policies that start as political theater can become lasting attacks on civil rights and pluralism. Key topics: politics, current events, Israel, Islamophobia, immigration policy, and media literacy.
Takeaway: reject sweeping demonization, defend individual rights, and resist turning fear into collective punishment. Listen now to get the key ideas in minutes.
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