@hunter2016 "Muslims" represent a quarter of the earth's population - ok, 24%. That is a spectacularly wide brush you're painting with, when we mostly just have problems with a tiny fraction of them that are in wahhabi/salafist/etc movements.

I've known a lot of Muslims in the course of my life and they were just normal folks.

@QuixoticSoul We are talking about in America and less than 1% of the population is Muslim in America. And it's not the "people" anyone can be nice or a friendly neighbor it's the teaching and thinking. They come from a society that operates differently and has different moral values than ours which include a lot of the things mentioned here (although some people are dramatic)

@hunter2016 American Muslims are well integrated, with low rates of radicalization. As a group, they do not have it out for the white men, or non-Muslims.

Right because their only .6 percent. Hard for a number that small to have a high rate of anything. And as the number grows so does the number of radicalized followers. It's a chain

@hunter2016 I'm not stressing about it, this is just fear mongering. US has shown itself to be remarkably adept at integrating immigrants, and I'm not seeing that change. Muslim Americans have made a welcome contribution.

Not when it comes at the expense of safety

@hunter2016 Hmm, what do we say about liberty and safety? And yes, fear mongering generally involves exaggerated claims and appeals to that mythical concept of perfect safety. But when you break it down by the numbers, it just doesn't wash.

@QuixoticSoul I agree, but to me it is not worth the risk

@hunter2016 Risk needs to be assessed soberly and systematically - not emotionally.

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