Deb, I think Laura has a good point with the analogy. When my parents were kids in South Carolina, the KKK usually marched down Main Street on the 4th of July parade. Apparently, the townfolks had no problem with it. In 1964, one of my mom's cousins was nearly lynched in broad daylight in the middle of town. Nobody white said a public word of reproach to his attackers. I know white Southerners must get weary of always being used in this kind of example but let's not try to sugar coat history.
So that compares to centuries of Muslim atrocities?
That compares to Christians, Jews, Hindus and Buddists being murdered all over the world in the last thirty years?
That compares to 3000 people dead?
Come on. Quit personalizing. This has nothing to do with you or your family.
Nothing that has ever happened in this country can be compared with radical Islam. Nothing.