[gridlock]

Well, I would never condone a violent verbal attack, whatever that is. However, if you perceive somebody sharing the truth with you as an attack, you should try to be more open-minded.

As for poor, beleaguered Mitt Romney, I would not call his treatment here “persecution”. People may disagree with him, even on religious matters, but that is not persecution. That is simply disagreement. It certainly does not compare with the treatment he would get from the Talibunnies, who would simply lop his head off.

As for condoning Muslim radicals, if you equate a jihadi murderer with somebody handing you a Chick Tract, you are condoning the jihadi murderer. They are not the same thing.

[monocle]

The definition I lifted from a dictionary does not require violence in the verbal attack.

Your dispute in regards to "persecute" is not with me but with a dictionary. Some posters on this site are using Romney's religion to undermine his candidancy and thus would seem to meet the definition of persecution.