Israel (now broader Mid East discussion)

Arathrael said
Feels like you're being disingenuous here with this "they may not be some monolithic block", because I'm 99.9% sure you know they're not a monolithic block and that radical extremists are a minority,

Nothing to do with anything, but ok. That minority surely does a lot of damage, no?

Arathrael said
Also citing 'Heathrow being on high alert'? We have quite the history of terrorism here. It's not new. We had things like the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017, and the 7/7 central London bombings, carried out by Islamist extremists, were in 2005. Then there have been things like the bomb attacks in Warrington, where I live, in 1993. Of course, that one was the IRA. We've also had the murder of an MP and attacks carried out by white nationalists in recent years.

Yes, you do have quite the history of that, which makes you aware of the damage a few radicals can do, right?

Arathrael said
See, people have been opposing radicalism, from every source, this whole time. At no point has anyone gone, "Hey, these radical terrorist attacks, they're alright! Let's tolerate them and the extremist philosophy behind them!"

Ok? Where are you going with this?

Arathrael said
Counter-terrorism and deradicalisation programs have been in place for decades.

Yes they have. And you know why, right?

Arathrael said
And one of the things that comes out of that is understanding that one of the drivers of radicalism is prejudice and bigotry.

Like Islamic radicals, right?

Arathrael said
Like, step one of trying to radicalise someone is telling them that the rest of the country will never accept them, that they hate people who look like them, etc., etc.

Like, Islamic radicals do, right?

Arathrael said
So lumping people who aren't radicalist extremists in with those who are, saying or implying they lack essential human values, or that they're all potential terrorists and should be deported, isn't a great way to fight terrorism, it's a great way to help radicalist extremists in their efforts to recruit them. Which is one reason why I really hate to see it.

You should make a sign with that paragraph and plant it in a corn field.
Talk about lumping people, and putting words in people's mouth.