I have made this point before, but it bears repeating.   What is missing from this debate is some sense of proportion.   Of course we should be fighting ISIS.  Of course we should stand up against Islamic Extremism.   But if you look at the problem of Islamic extremists carrying out attacks in this country, our fear of terrorists is way out of proportion to the actual threat.

 

Your odds of being killed in a mass shooting or bombing are miniscule.   And even if you are killed in a bombing or shooting, the odds of it being the result of a terrorist attack is also miniscule. 

 

You have far greater odds of being killed by a crazy person than being killed by a Muslim fundamentalist.  It seems like some crazy person goes off every day and starts shooting people.   But no one is advocating rounding up all the crazy people and locking them up.  So why all the hysterical fear of Muslims?   It's because this whole terrorist narrative is great for TV ratings, and it's really great for Presidential candidates because it allows them to build up this big bogeyman, "them" out there, and "us" in here. 

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