I'm having some trouble finding the actual source of Salon's citation. But while I'm looking, I think it's important to point out that even if right-wing extremist terrorism is a greater threat, the difference is our countries are not bringing in people from countries with high rates of white right-wing radicalisation, it's the illegal immigrant criminals vs homegrown criminals argument all over again.
https://sites.duke.edu/tcths/files/...ent_of_the_Violent_Extremist_Threat_final.pdf
And it's actually not an illegal vs. homegrown issue, since most Islamic extremism in the US is done by US citizens. So it's usually homegrown vs. homegrown. Personally, I want protection agencies to address all forms of terrorism, as any reasonable citizen should. When you start dismissing some forms of terrorism, it makes me question. When you have Steve Banon in your cabinet, it makes really start to question.
Yes, the native populace may be more criminal or violent, but that's not a justification to add more to the criminal element.
Again, this would be a good point if terrorists and extremists were regularly making it through our present vetting system. There's no evidence to suggest that.
Also, one of the biggest ironies I see on all sides with this right-wing terrorism vs Islamic terrorism discussion is that, Islamic terrorism IS right-wing terrorism, in majority of cases.
Strictly speaking, most definitely. However, much of the literature makes a distinction, so sometimes its helpful to maintain it for clarity.
Perhaps. Does he have business in Pakistan? I don't know.
Indeed he does.
Nobody is saying Trump isn't targeting Muslims, after all, Islamic terrorists are Muslims by definition. People like myself just reject the hysterical claim that he's targeting all Muslims.
I don't believe I ever said that he has passed laws targeting all Muslims, as he obviously hasn't. However, the claim isn't hysterical since he's clearly called for a ban on all Muslims in the past. The difference is you think we should ignore what he said during the campaign. I disagree.
No, I gave you a series of polls which, when grouped together, begin to paint a picture of the global Muslim community's views on things like attacks on the west. If you support attacks on the west, you can't exactly be conceived to like the west, can you?
I'm gonna go a slightly deeper on explaining why this is just lazy pseudo-intellectualism by you. By relying on a data dump from a website with a clear agenda, you are essentially letting them cherry pick from dozens of surveys to create the narrative they want to create. Then, it appears, you uncritically consumed it. Obviously, it would take hours to go through all the surveys and analyze them, and I doubt you did so. However, in letting someone else do the work for you, you're letting someone manipulate a narrative for you.
For example, the first survey link I clicked on was for the following statement.
TheReligionOfPeace.com said:
Pew Research (2014): Pew Research (2014): 47% of Bangladeshi Muslims says suicide bombings and violence are justified to "defend Islam".
However, when you read the actual article you clearly see:
1. Most of the surveyed Muslims are concerned and have a negative view of Islamic extremism
2. Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Hezbollah, and Hamas are all perceived negatively, though to varying degrees (with Al Qaeda scoring the lowest)
3. As for 47% of Bangladeshi Muslims who say suicide bombings are justified, only 14% say that it is often justified
http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/07/01/concerns-about-islamic-extremism-on-the-rise-in-middle-east/
That obviously creates a more nuanced picture and certainly one that is less alarmist than the splicing that The Religion of Peace created. So again, it's intellectually lazy to rely on data dumps, especially when you let a super biased source do the cherry picking for you.
Then, when we add it that the website didn't even offer data on some of the biggest Muslim countries (for example, I saw no links to articles on India, which has the second largest Muslim population in the world), and your theory about the general Muslim populous hating America is utterly unsubstantiated.
