I never portrayed Islam as squeaky clean, and I never said that being weary is being hateful. I'd appreciate it if you take what I say at face value and not load my statements with assumptions.

I did say it's bigoted, which is basically ignorance and intolerance of views you do not understand.

My question to you is that if Islam is dangerous for these reasons then why isn't Christianity? I can find bible versus where God himself orders the murdering of children. Do I assume that you serve a violent religion and I should be concerned about having you in my community? The reasons you give me for why that isn't true apply to Islam as well. Your failure to understand that is what makes your views bigoted.

You demand special pleading for your views, and then hold others to stronger scrutiny than you hold yourself.

This is no justification, but: you'd be surprised how many young Muslim men list ignorance, racism, and bigotry like in this article as their reason for becoming radicalized.

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