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It seems you are missing the point.

>>Beyond that, it's not in the news because (a) it's not "new" and (b) there is nothing gained from a collective mob against islam. Bombing doesn't help.

There is no such thing as collective mob against Islam. In fact, there was not even mention of Islam until Trump came along, in the mainstream media. Earlier it was only "Islam is religion of peace" chanting in the mainstream media.

Agreed that bombing doesn't help, but criticism of Islam is very much needed. Islam should ridiculed and shamed in public the same way as Christianity was/is. Islam should not have a special treatment in modern free society. Mainstream media fails in this respect.

>>Being condemned by Americans also doesn't change a single mind in the mideast.

How are you so sure?

I can see many Muslims changing their attitude towards Islam due to whatever criticism they get to hear. In fact many are leaving Islam due to it.

Another factor is why should it matter even if criticism of Islam doesn't change a single mind in mideast?

Condemning and (at least) making people aware of the vicious, misogynist, homophobic, oppressive and cruel ideology is a must first step towards progress and is a duty of the liberal media. Islam is such an ideology, and our pseudo-liberals are cozy with it, which is dangerous for our democracy.

>>Instead, you get the opposite. How many stories have we had about muslims being forced off airplanes because they spoke Arabic or "looked like a terrorist". Of course they're usually professors of philosophy who grew up in the UK and studied at Harvard.

Of course, it's bad to treat Muslims that way, but we must understand that "the rational fear of the ideology of Islam" is responsible for this type of "irrational fear of ordinary Muslims".

edit: typo