Extremism, America is not Excluded.

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When we think of the term "extremist" the average American automatically assumes the discussion is around Islam, or Muslims.  After all, extremism is regulated only to the Middle East countries and America is free of this ideology, right?
If you think extremism is only a Muslim problem than you have another thing coming.  American extremist actions are gaining more ground every day.  Pat Dollard a former talent agent turned war correspondent tweets tonight "if 1 more act of Muslim terrorism, its time for Americans to slaughter Muslims in the streets, all of them."  If a Muslim says it's time to kill Americans we are ready to go to war but if an American says it's time to kill Muslims we call it free speech?  Calling for a blatant genocide over a terrorist act is about as extreme as you can get.
What Dollard fails to realize is that extremists exist in every religious sect, heck any sect for that matter have had extremists for thousands of years to deal with.  Lest we forget the KKK claimed their actions in the name of Christianity persecuting any religion, creed, or race that was not the same as theirs.  I don't recall Americans calling for the death of all Christians if another act of violence was committed by the group. German Nazi's in war torn Europe marched millions of Jew's to their deaths in a real genocide yet Jewish Americans didn't go out and mass murder Germans in the streets of New York.
Another Man in Florida burned down his neighbors home tonight because "they are lesbians."  Two adults, and 8 children were in the home he ignited all over his "beliefs."  I don't see LGBT groups sacrificing straight people in the courtyards tonight over the incident.
Dollard and any of his followers who condone these types of actions are no better than the extremists they also condemn.  Muslims are bound to have some bad apples, in fact any sizable religion is going to have a few.  If you need a reminder of this we can look much closer to home, Timothy Mcveigh.  Mcveigh as we all know detonated a fertilizer bomb at the Federal Building in Oklahoma over the government actions in Waco, Texas and general American Policy.  Prior to learning that an American committed this horrific act of terror, Ibrahim Ahmad a Jordanian who resided in Oklahoma was the prime suspect, albeit falsely accused out of the media jumping the gun and pure coincidence. America has become so "Islamaphobic" that even the media goes to extremes when reporting suspected terror acts.  Glenn Beck is now being sued by Abdulrahman Alharbi for falsely identifying Alharbi as a prime suspect in the Boston Marathon Bombings.  Beck accused Alharbi of funding the attacks even after it was proven Alharbi was merely a witness to the attack.  Glenn Beck destroyed this mans name over the airwaves even after he was cleared by authorities.  There is no accountability in modern media.  Speculation reporting is doing more damage to our societal norms all in the name of ratings.  What's worse is the speculation fuels a growing fire within our sharply divided country spewing hate to those who do not understand what they are hating.  Instead, people are blindly following the speculation as if it were truth encouraging others to hate along with them.  
John McCain famously corrected a "supporter" whom stated to Senator McCain during the 2008 campaign "I can't trust Obama. I have read about him and he's not, he's not uh — he's an Arab. He's not — "  McCain quickly took the microphone back stating "No, ma'am. He's a decent family man [and] citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that's what this campaign's all about. He's not [an Arab]."  If you followed the 2008 campaign you would find it easy to see how this supporter gained her facts.  Extreme right wing organizations were trying to drive fear toward the Obama campaign almost daily.  Birther's were attempting to prove Obama was born in Kenya thus ineligible to take the oath of office, and Fox News was inferring he was a Muslim because his middle name is Hussein and his Father was Muslim.  Obama is a Christian.
Extremism takes many forms, and no one is safe from extremist people or extremist views.  However, extremism only takes shape when those who are being extreme do not, or are unwilling to understand the world outside of their own.