This thread has gone on 13 pages. Am I pretty much right when I sum it all up this way?
Islam, if it stays like all other religions in America, which is peaceful and personal and private, is something most posters (myself included) have no problem with. If it morphs into a situation saying “we want Sharia laws and our own country within a country in which we govern ourselfs, the Constitution be damned” then Houston, we have a problem…
We don’t care if people are Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, or Christian as long as said religions stay personal religions that don’t push their agendas on everyone else…
That’s my take anyway. I think it satisfies both liberal and conservative on this.
I am not thrilled to see conservatives like Peter King holding hearings about American Muslims. It stinks of McCarthyism and paranoia. It targets one religious group, most of whom are good, peaceful, quiet people. I hate scapegoating. It reminds me of Nazi propoganda.
But we also must be vigilent with intelligence agencies like NSA and FBI and keep an eye on RADICAL muslim groups whom we know are sponsoring terrorist activities or whom we know are preaching hardened anti-America sentiments.
I think it’s a balancing act…a happy medium?
