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Three Men Charged with Plotting Attack on Somali Immigrants in Kansas
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<blockquote data-quote="Belk" data-source="post: 70298678" data-attributes="member: 134829"><p>That seems rather artificially limited to me. Why not just look at US based extremists? I did a quick search that said 80% of the attacks since 9/11 have been US based non Muslim groups. I do not know how accurate that number is but I do know the FBI has said the majority of their focus is Christian based extremists (followed by environmental extremists I believe).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually I think what most who opine on this issue are trying to say is that it is foolish to focus on the small external threat while ignoring the much more pressing issues of the internal groups. While I can see why some might consider it bigotry I think it is more about how bad humans are at assessing degree of threat. Islamic Terrorism is presented in our media as such an issue that people put undue weight on that as a problem when there are much more cost effective measures and areas we should be focusing on.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, but that is exactly the issue. The perceived threat of Islamic terrorism is high but the actual threat is from them is very small.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Belk, post: 70298678, member: 134829"] That seems rather artificially limited to me. Why not just look at US based extremists? I did a quick search that said 80% of the attacks since 9/11 have been US based non Muslim groups. I do not know how accurate that number is but I do know the FBI has said the majority of their focus is Christian based extremists (followed by environmental extremists I believe). Actually I think what most who opine on this issue are trying to say is that it is foolish to focus on the small external threat while ignoring the much more pressing issues of the internal groups. While I can see why some might consider it bigotry I think it is more about how bad humans are at assessing degree of threat. Islamic Terrorism is presented in our media as such an issue that people put undue weight on that as a problem when there are much more cost effective measures and areas we should be focusing on. Yes, but that is exactly the issue. The perceived threat of Islamic terrorism is high but the actual threat is from them is very small. [/QUOTE]
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