Sam Harris explains why Trump is a dangerous candidate.

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Aura7541 said:

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5.) I will say the current trend of radical Islamic extremism is a negative, but many immigrants are not Muslim, and even many of the Muslims are not extremists. There needs to be distinctions made. And what happens when/if "radical Islam" is defeated? Then what will the excuse be? Because I think the right loves radical Islam, they needed something like that so badly, if you removed that from the debate, it's really not much of a debate. 

Define "many" because that is an extremely general term. I think you mean to say there are more Muslims that are not extremists than those who are. However, that does not necessarily mean that there aren't many Muslim extremists. This is also very black-and-white thinking as religious fundamentalism is on a spectrum. In fact, the person in the thread title, Sam Harris, was the one who brought up the cocentric circles concept.

Your comment on the right loving radical Islam is also perplexing because you're generalizing all critics of radical Islam. What if I told you that classical liberals and libertarians are also highly critical of radical Islam?

Yes I meant that most Muslims are not extremists. Most of them (in the West) hold views in actuality that are conservative, but that doesn't make them extremists, just maybe 20-30 years behind the curve of where Western society is. 

Radical Islam is a godsend to right wing fascists and racists (even though I would say religious fundamentalism is because of the same family as right wing racism) because it gives them a rally cry to try and legitimize themselves with, as in: "our beliefs might be untenable and racist to you, but look at how crazy these guys are! We're not so bad now are we?" type of thing.