Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Can We Be Calm about Muslims?

I was astounded by the comment I got about trying to get to know some Muslim Americans in order to understand that they are not the problem.
Our fight is with terrorists who are using Muslims pretty much in the same way American extremists are using American Muslims - to sow discord, mistrust and hatred. It suits their purposes to get all of us angry and frightened.
I was around in the 1960s when everyone was against Afro-Americans who were demanding their civil rights. Today's reaction to Muslims is a lot like that - hatred without a glimmer of information or comprehension of the real problems.
Can we be civil enough to lower the tone and try to solve the real problem instead of beating up on victims who were and are every bit as innocent as we were on 9/11 ?

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