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A viral video out of Dearborn shows a crowd at an Al-Quds Day rally chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” a spectacle that should alarm every patriot who loves this country. Those images are real, they were captured and circulated widely, and they are not the harmless rhetoric some keep insisting they are. This kind of explicit anti-American chanting has no place on our soil and must be called out plainly.
This is not about religion — it is about radical ideology and political violence being cheered on in public forums. When speakers justify or egg on chants that celebrate the destruction of our country, that crosses from protected protest into dangerous endorsement of extremism, and it should be treated accordingly. Americans can and should defend the right to dissent while refusing to tolerate rhetoric that celebrates our enemies.
Dearborn is home to a proud Arab American community and millions of law-abiding Muslim Americans contribute to our country every day; patriots should never confuse peaceful worshippers with a handful of radicals. At the same time, city leaders and elected officials cannot pretend these moments don’t matter when footage goes viral and national security concerns are raised. Local leaders have publicly condemned the chants, which shows the city understands the stakes even as the media wrings its hands.
Washington and statehouses must stop reflexively excusing every bit of radicalism as merely “free speech” when it becomes a recruitment or propaganda tool for hostile movements. Too often officials look the other way or offer tepid denunciations while the actual problem — organized radical networks and their enablers — metastasizes. Conservatives should push for clear standards: prosecute incitement, cut off material support to violent groups, and make sure extremists can’t hide behind vague notions of protected political speech.
Practical steps are straightforward and patriotic: strengthen vetting and intelligence cooperation, aggressively pursue anyone who provides material support or plots violence, and demand transparency about foreign funding tied to radical organizing. We must also protect civil liberties, but the rule of law exists to keep communities safe; when chants call for our destruction, enforcement is not optional, it is necessary. Local police, federal law enforcement, and community leaders ought to coordinate to neutralize threats before they turn deadly.
Hardworking Americans want a country where freedom thrives and safety is guaranteed, not one where extremists test the limits of tolerance by celebrating our enemies. Patriotic conservatives stand with the millions of peaceful Muslim and Arab Americans who love this country and condemn the radicals who seek to tear it down. It’s time for leaders on both sides to stop playing political games and to get serious about defending America’s values, borders, and people.
