What if I want to fill that blank with "David Duke followers," or "strict spousal disciplinarians," or "adulterers?"
I think rwgal is perfectly reasonable if she's fed up with an entire group that, if not all psychotic murderers, are universally misogynistic and reject western ideals of individual liberty.**
**That's my opinion based on the ones I have worked with.
60-some years ago plenty of "ordinary Germans" could have filled in that blank with "Nazis"..... [oh, dear, I work with all these Nazi Party members and they don't seem to want to kill all the Jews, they're even pretty friendly and go around saying how the Master Race will take pity on all the inferior beings.....]
I've met a number of adulterers who actually were really nice guys. A little too nice to some people. Heh.
I understand what you're saying: If you find a worm in your apple, you don't pick the worm out and keep eating the apple. But an apple is an apple is an apple, and no matter what kind it is you're not going to eat it after you find that worm. People, however, are diverse and deserve to be taken on a case by case basis.
I think rwgal is perfectly reasonable if she's fed up with an entire group that, if not all psychotic murderers, are universally misogynistic and reject western ideals of individual liberty.**
Admittedly, most of the Muslims that I've worked with have been highly successful individuals working in medicine. They've also shown me that there's quite a difference of opinion between Muslims over issues like terrorism, the role of women, and how they fit into Western societies. Iranians tend to allow their women a much greater degree of freedom than Arabs, for example. And Turks have strong family ties but tend to be secular in their outlook.
Simply dismissing a billion+ as "evil" is equate people to apples. And brother, I'm sweet, but I'm not a Delicious.