Quote: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. 

 

True, the media does blow this (and everything else) out of proportion. However, looking past the terrorism aspect and into the future, does the fact that a large percentage of American Muslims supporting Shariah over the consititution, or their defense of violence against non-Muslims, not concern you? Yes, they only represent 0.8% of our population, but politicians in DC are looking to increase that number through immigration (while at the same time Muslims out reproduce American citizens by 33% (http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/201...ous-group/)). Increase it enough and you soon end up like Germany where the "Sharia police" are allowed to patrol the streets (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35059488). This may not concern you right now, but it sure will in about 10-15 years if Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, the Deomocrats, and the GOP have their way. We can't be shortsighted and politically correct, ignoring these facts.

 

You may not believe it, but the America way-of-life is definitely at stake. Personally, I don't want my children to live in a United States where American culture and values are second-fiddle or even equal to another. The American way takes priority in America, and it shouldn't be any other way.

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