Originally Posted by Jay Zeno
Because a Republican is quiet when a fundamentalist preacher pipes up doesn't mean that the Republican supports it.
Because a Democrat is quiet when an eco-terrorist pipes up doesn't mean the Democrat supports it.
Criticizing the Islam world for violent acts in countries can sound like criticizing all Christians for the excesses in Northern Ireland, or Kosovo, or any other numbers of incidents. Let's have some solid data and solid rationale to make these claims of violence, bigotry, guilt-by-silence, etc.