"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.
Like I said, if individual Muslims violate our laws, punish them. Otherwise, they have the same rights as anyone else in America.
But the key is, we consider those types of people defective. muslims are taught that killing infidels is glorious.
How many Muslims in this country have committed killings of infidels?
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.
We are perfectly able to fight this war without throwing away our Constitution and our American values. We've been doing fine so far.