Quote Originally Posted by tequila View Post
I'll come out and agree with Goesh about this in a broad way.

There's a lot of ignorance about Islam and Muslims out there in the US, no doubt about it. However, I think the broad majority of Americans are tolerant and openminded. We tend to get distracted by cable TV and radio ranters, who we must remember cater to a very small audience relative to the total American public.

This recent verdict provides an indication that American juries, for instance, are in no rush to judgment just because the defendants are Muslim and accused of terrorism.

The term "Islamofascism" is blindingly ignorant. Christopher Hitchens tries to argue otherwise here and just looks foolish.
My feeling is that American tolerance for Muslims is pretty shallow. I think we're one WMD attack in New York away from a pogrom.

Wow--I'm sure a spreader of sunshine this morning, aren't I! 409 pages in this danged manuscript and growing. I think it's going to kill me. I need to end this sabbatical and get back to the office so I can get some rest.