How about the "Deport all Muslims" crowd? (Or even the few that states "KILL all Muslims"?) How are we to take their comments?
I had one tell me that even Kareem Abdul Jabbar is evil (Just because he's Muslim, of course). He said that Kareem would stand-by and do nothing if a Jewish woman was being raped and/or killed.
How do we take these freaks? Personally, I'm at a loss...I try to defend the FACT that not all Muslims are evil, hate America and want to kill ANY Non-Muslim but it gets harder and harder every day here on Free Republic. I'm honestly quite surprised that the Moderators put up with it.
In truth, both yours and inquest's reactions are normal. I don't know how long either of you have been lurking, but I fought - and frequently still do fight - against the "nuke 'em all", "deport 'em all", "interrment camp them all" and "nits make lice" crowds....I just learned to tell the difference between simple steam blowing, which has useful psy-ops potential and the true "crush, kill destroy" mindset.
I post on Arab forums as well as here. They are afraid of us. Why? Because in truth, they know we can kill them all. Also, we know full well the bulk of the Muslim Joes and Janes are more intersted in making their car payments, getting to work on time, finding a better job and raising their kids than they are in extremist jihading. That is the way I describe them, the people I don't want to kill. You are talking about the same description.
I was jking with inquest: we won't nuke them simply because it's wrong. We can easily defeat any Muslim country on Earth with conventional weapons. It's a moral choice we make...however, if they do something stupid with a WMD, that choice will swiftly and surely change, and the nuke-ee won't be Iraq. It'll be Mecca and the meteor they worship.