I'm sorry you feel that way, Jeri. But your characterization of my motives is wrong. There was no lashing out or "Take THAT" in my thought process when I started this thread. And I disagree with your premise that there will always be a ripple effect.

My motivation in starting this thread is the rampant and creeping anti-Muslim, anti-Arabism that is taking over the US and many other western countries, which I find extremely frightening. I can't just sit back and watch it happen, and I have been trying, quite unsuccessfully, to use words to help people see that Arabs and Muslims are human beings who are just as guilty, but no more guilty of human rights abuses than any other group of people in the world. I have, on many occasions, seen people calling for the elimination of all Muslims and /or Arabs right here in the Mudcat. Perhaps you can sit back and watch and not try to do anything about it, but I can't.