• Obama actually wrote, in The Audacity of Hope, p. 261:
• 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
I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction." in the context of "Circulated in "A Coil of Rage", a 2011 mass e-mail attributing several fabricated quotations to Obama.
• Obama actually wrote, in The Audacity of Hope, p. 261:
• 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" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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