[William McKinley]

Very glad to know that you would deny me my rights as a citizen if some irish guy committed a terrorist act against the US.

Oh shit, there was that Tim McVeigh guy. And there are Irish terrorists (Marxist to boot).

Or maybe we should have rounded up all the white Christian militia types after OKC.

What you are proposing is lunacy, not quite bad as the lunacy of the radical Islamists, but still reprehensible.

[merrin]

The practical problem (as distinct from the obvious moral problem of religious bigotry) with this "kick the Muslims out!" crap is that it is counterproductive.

I believe that the main reason for our current Minetic unwillingness to institute commonsensical security measures (such as screening Muslim soldiers for radical associations) is that people who propose such measures end up being lumped in with lunatic Muslim-haters. The same with people who call for Muslim groups to disassociate themselves from radicals and terrorists.

There is no way that Muslims in the services are going to be scrutinized for radicalism--which they damn well should be--because people don't want to feel like they are giving any ground to bigotry.

And the last people the bigots will think of blaming are themselves.

[FreeReign]

Very glad to know that you would deny me my rights as a citizen if some irish guy committed a terrorist act against the US. Oh shit, there was that Tim McVeigh guy. And there are Irish terrorists (Marxist to boot). Or maybe we should have rounded up all the white Christian militia types after OKC. What you are proposing is lunacy, not quite bad as the lunacy of the radical Islamists, but still reprehensible.

So then what you are saying is that all Muslims are not radical. On the other hand, many people on this thread are saying that all Muslims are radical.

So its not a question of the constitution -- its a question of, are all Muslims radical?

[Maeve]

Rubbish. You didn't read what I wrote. Go play your platitudinous games with someone else.

[hoosier_scientist]

Or maybe we should have rounded up all the white Christian militia types after OKC.
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McVeigh was NOT a Christian . . . but don't let the facts get in the way.