So, if they just act as if the threat isn't there--because to see Muslims as a threat to this country would mean one is anti-Muslim, a bigot--then ergo, there simply IS no threat.
I mention this frequently on FR so I apologize to those who have to read it yet again, but I once had a discussion with a fellow atheist who was whining about Bush's being a Christian. I said to him, "Something like 80% or more of Americans are Judeo-Christian. Which means that our government, police, military, are all 80% or so Judeo-Christian. Yet we have all these free speech rights, gay rights, all kinds of rights, even with these 'rotten' Christians in charge, like Bush, agreed?"
He agreed.
I said, "Now imagine that tonight, overnight, every person in our government, state and local and federal, police, military, etc. who are Judeo-Christian suddenly becomes a Muslim. NOT a 'terrorist' or 'radical' but a 'plain old ordinary' Muslim. You think women and gays and non-Muslims, including atheists, will have the rights we have under eeeevil Bush?"
You can predict the response from him (he's a liberal).
But it's something I think about a lot. Most Americans don't want to think about it, so they don't. But that's not making the problem go away.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/010488.php
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/12/18/praised_as_beacon_mosque_project_stalls_amid_rancor/
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/03/04/aides_role_in_mosque_deal_eyed/
I’m interested. Just what was your liberal friend’s response to the prospect of an Islamicized America?
I suspect this same (liberal) atheist wasn't offended in the least when both Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter carried around big Bibles, invoked God as much as any modern Republican President ever has, and attended church regularly. It's only Republicans as Christians they have a problem with. ....but good luck getting them to admit it.