A wise FReeper responded on another port' controversy thread this morning...and I apologize for not giving him/her credit, but I can't recall who said it...that the time for magnanimity is after you've won the war, not while you're fighting.
As has been repeated said, how can anyone say that freepers who see islam as the enemy are "racists"? I have had wonderful friends that are moderate muslims and a branch of my family is even of middle eastern (Christian) descent. Identifying fundamental islam as a killer of life and freedom doesn't seem like a racial thing to me. However, turning one's back on the threat of fundamental islam seems like pure appeasement...and we all know where that leads.