Then you are nothing more than a bigot, if you can't treat people as individuals, rather than just members of a group. As conservatives, we are supposed to judge people based on their individual merits, rather than what group they fall into.
If I give you a box of candy, and it's very sweet, the best you've ever had, but one out of 1000 of them will kill you, what do you do with the candy?
That's true of people in general. I'm sure that if you pass 1000 people on the street, at least one of them would be willing to kill you, for whatever reason.
"Then you are nothing more than a bigot, if you can't treat people as individuals, rather than just members of a group."
Wrong. I can treat people as individuals who ARE individuals. islam teaches it's followers that they are islamic first and foremost, above all else. Shariah law comes before any law of any government. If you can't recognize the threat these people pose, you may think you're conservative and open minded, but I think you're foolish.
"That's true of people in general. I'm sure that if you pass 1000 people on the street, at least one of them would be willing to kill you, for whatever reason."
Wrong again. True, people can be violent, and there are defective members of society. But the key is, we consider those types of people defective. muslims are taught that killing infidels is glorious. Their koran is practically an instruction manual. If a muslim were to kill me, he or she would be glorified, and their "religion" teaches that their reward in the after life will be great.
Your heart is in the right place, but your mind is not. We are at war, and war is not pretty, and sometimes things get lost in war that you'd rather not lose. It's unfortunate, but it comes down to, kill or be killed. They will not stop willingly.
Refer to post 18.