RE: NPR fires Williams over Muslim fears ? GetReligion

Unfortunately, I think that it should be said.  There are just too
many people right now who equate all Muslims with terrorists.  It is a
sad fact.  The context of this whole episode was Bill O'Reilly saying
"Muslims attacked us on 9/11" and the ladies of The View walking out
until he clarified himself.  Even if you ignore all of the obvious
discriminatory problems, If you keep telling people they are
terrorists, they just might become one.

***yea but that was a stupid point on their part.  I think most people accept
and understand that the extremists were a faction and the ladies on The View
were going overboard.  The people who attacked us *were*, they did so with the
blessings of their mosques, they did so specifically in the name of their faith
as a tenant of their faith and in their minds to be compliant with the dogma of
their faith.  And the did so expecting exaltation in their afterlife. What he
said may have been a shorthanded comment, but it was not false.


> But the war that has been declared on the West is an
> explicitly holy war -- devised, funded, and carried out by
> self-identified Muslims. This is a fact. Whether or not friendly,
> peaceful Muslims endorse their actions is immaterial to how we must
> respond.

I disagree.  The fact that it is a tiny tiny minority of Muslims that
support this holy war should mitigate our response to Muslims in
general.

**are you really sure?  How tiny is tiny tiny?  You cannot use the US muslims as
your benchmark, they only make up less that 1% of the worldwide population.


> I'm also tired of hearing about how other killers are Christians, but
> we don't brand all Christians because of them. It's a worthless point.
> People like Tim McVeigh (not a Christian, I know, but a popular
> example) are isolated nutjobs who are not claimed by the religious
> establishment. The Muslims we're fighting are part of a  well-funded,
> highly-organized, internationally cooperative network. Their
> sympathizers include powerful, influential politicians AND religious
> leaders. It's not a handful of crazies, my friends, it's a *movement,*
> and a growing one. We ignore these facts at our peril.

good thing I wasn't suggesting ignoring those facts either.  I was
just pointing out that suggesting to people we should be afraid of
people wearing arabic clothing is unproductive and inflammatory.
Let's stick with what Williams said.

**but it was honest, and in the context he used it, it made a very productive
point.  Context matters.



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