You don’t know many settlers, then. I live in Gush Etzion. I’m a settler. My extended family are settlers. Hateful? Some smoke pot and listen to Shlomo Karlbach. Perhaps some, like me, post on Freep. Some carry rifles. Many, like me, are quite poor. But we’re here, and we’re staying. If peace doesn’t result, that’s ok, too. We’re willing to try, but not willing to do anything suicidally stupid, either.
As for the violent savages thing. That’s a generalization, too, to my experience. There are many Arabs who make a good living working for Jews, better than they would earn working for Arabs, and find Jews more pleasant and easygoing. Doesn’t mean I wear rose colored glasses. That’s an actual observation, of which I remain skeptical to this day. There are many more that I wouldn’t trust as far as I can throw.
Thank you for painting with a much smaller brush.