It REALLY is pathetic.Great response Jennifer. I concur with everything you have so intuitively stated. Unfortunately, it is like whipping a dead horse, as some people just don't get it. They time and again lump all the law abiding Muslims with the handful of ignorant, deranged and barbaric villains that are brainwashed into believing what they do. How pathetic is that?
I have to assume people that are so afraid of Muslims just don't know any- (or don't realize that they do in fact know People who are Muslim), that's really the only way I can excuse what they say. People are often afraid of what they don't know or understand.
This is why Trump is dangerous: just like when Ford wouldn't go to Pride and homophobes suddenly were not ashamed to spout off their homophobic views- now xenophobes feel like their ignorance is acceptable.
They can post all the biased "news" sources they like to justify their bigotry but those of us who actually have friends who are Muslim must say something.
The majority of Canadians supported left leaning parties in the last election- all of whom supported bringing in these refugees. You might not be able to see that based on social media (and on Terb), but those who are choosing to live in fear are truly the minority.
I'm far from an "elite", but I sure as hell do feel superior to those who choose to live in an ignorant bubble.