Really? So you and Richie are simply calling all those other polls, the statements I linked to and the people I've met a grand conspiracy of liars and plotters?
Just to make sure... Richie, you said I was dodging the question - the matter at hand about Muslims. I pointed you to several links - the poll indicating that *American* Muslims are even more fervently anti-violence than other religious denominations, for one. I pointed you to people who ARE speaking out against the violence and hatred.
You choose to ignore those?
Why is it that you rail against the "lame-stream media" when it's one of your oxes being gored - a message you (and other conservatives) want to get out in the public. Yet, if it's a message that runs counter to your opinions, you dismiss it out of hand.
I would think that, having pointed out the exact kind of people you SEEM to want to hear from - Muslims decrying violence and rejecting hatred, you would be EAGER to highlight them.
It would be as if someone was claiming that Christians were war-mongering and genocidal and quoting passages from Leviticus as 'proof'. You can't name very many Christian preachers or pastors who are TODAY talking about Leviticus being a bit out of date. It's just naturally assumed. If you PRESS an individual Christian, they'll tell you that Jesus forged a new covenant. But it's not what you see in the papers every day.
Now, if you're talking about Muslims *overseas*, well, you have a better argument. But I just pointed you to information that speaks heavily to those who are on our shores now.
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