Pat Condell on American Islamophobia

I have to agree with Pat. You can put phobia on any word, doesn't make it a mental illness. Some fears are good, and fear of radical Islam (suicide bombers, etc.), is very rational considering the amount of violence caused by fundamentalists. This isn't to say that all believers should be thought of as being violent, or extreme. I am referring to the fundamentalist.

You see, much violence is found within certain ancient books (not to name names), anyone that takes those books 100% literal may be incited to violently lash out because of it. Fortunately most people don't, however those that do act barbarically (as they have shown). Many people have committed suicide bombings in the name of Islam, this is a cold-hard fact.

The problem here is labeling. While it is not appropriate to label all Muslims as being terrorists, it is appropriate to label fundamentalism as a problem. Another problem is that the "moderates" are not condemning the fundamentalists. To remain silent is to own it, they must disown the violence if they don't wish to be associated with it (at least in my opinion, otherwise people will have a difficulty in distinguishing the difference). I know not all Muslims support the fundamentalists, and they need to speak out so they are not wrongfully associated with the nutty fringe people.

Another problem are the PC-Nazis constantly looking for people to fit the standard for what they view as 'politically correct'. To ignore this problem is to tolerate it, tolerating fundamentalism will cause blood-shed, and that blood will be on the hands of the PC Nazis that fought for tolerance.