That was a pretty bomb-ass rant, I like this drunkbl00 guy. I'll just add on a little.

It's bullshit being muslim right now. Somehow you became the bad guy. Funny thing - nobody held "christians" to account when David Koresh went batshit.

Christianity isn't on the up and up anymore here in American, but 71% still identify as Christian. And I'll bet most of them can't even find more than a few differences between Catholics and Protestants. And when shit went down in Waco TX, every Christian told themselves that the Branch Davidians weren't actually Christian, that's just what they called themselves. I guess that's fair, so it'd be fair to afford the peaceful Muslim majority the same privilege.

Media bombards us with the term "Muslim/Islam" every day, and 99.9% of the time no attempt is made at distinguishing between Sunni and Shia or educating the consumer in any meaningful fashion on the subject. Gotta be succinct to squeeze in more commercial time, right? So now you're telling me there's a third sect, Wahahsomethin', that's related to Sunni Islam through... oh hold on, I just got a facebook alert.

My main point is, just like so many other issues, one large part of the problem is ignorance/lack of education, which forms a pretty powerful positive feedback loop with mass media reinforcement/disasterbation. Despite America's reputation as a cultural melting pot, apparently there just isn't enough mixing going on quickly enough to combat the heightened Islamophobia we're seeing.

Here's some recent data. It's still troubling that 10% of any large population would support something as barbaric as ISIS. But from what I understand, Wahhabism in the US is largely policed against by the huge majority of peaceful American Muslims.

Just goes to show you can use a religious text to justify whatever atrocities you'd like, and maybe even gain some supporters, if you're clever about it. Anyone reading this comment already knew that.

As always, any corrections are appreciated.

Oh and a couple of hours ago I grabbed BBQ with the fam, and the joint we ate at had Fox News on every screen, with the headline "Prayers to Mother Teresa Result in Miracle", as a Catholic priest is interviewed in the background. My sister's Aussie boyfriend just flew in a couple days ago, and it's only his second time stateside, so I made sure he turned around and saw that. My parents didn't think it was strange at all, so the subject was immediately changed to how badass Mother Teresa actually was.