Reply #36: Let's be careful about jumping out of the frying pan into the fire...

[LeftishBrit]

or in this case out of Islamophobia into 'Americanophobia'.

Hostile generalizations about any country or culture, especially about such a large and diverse nation as America, or such a large and diverse group as Muslims, are risky and prejudiced.

Few countries, even among democracies, are perfect as regards prejudice about 'the Other'. America has the Christian Right. We have the Sun and the Daily Mail. You have Geert Wilders. It's a pervasive problem that we must all co-operate in solving.