Do you believe that it's "violating the Golden Rule" when someone criticizes Catholicism? Or do you believe that it's only "violating the Golden Rule" when someone criticizes Islam? Because the only thing that Jihadwatch is guilty of is that they criticize the religion of Islam based on what is taught in that religion. They don't use profanity. They don't shout. They don't do name-calling. A hate group can take out their hostility on someone by projecting their hate such as by falsely accusing a person or group of being hateful when the person or group actually isn't. This is a form of name-calling. Actual hate groups don't need a lot of explaining for showing their hate. For example, the Westboro Baptists can tell you what they think about homosexuals in just three words. So it would be fair and reasonable to describe Westboro Baptists as a hate group since they say that there is someone that they hate. But Jihadwatch is the opposite of this. They are very calm and civilized. They painstakingly study and analyze all the aspects of Islam and back up everything with Islamic sources who say the same thing. And they acknowledge that there are many Muslims who are peaceful which is another thing that is uncharacteristic of a hate group. But anyone who has even the slightest criticism of Islam instantly gets labeled as a bigot or a hate group. I think that the reason why Catholics don't need to resort to calling all of our critics haters is that our faith stands up very well to scrutiny. It stands up so well that our critics often take the easy way and avoid direct criticism of our religion while focusing instead on the bad Catholics who actually weren't living according to the teachings of the Church.
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