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The crux of that antidote is found in the reply from Mr. Sina:

That's it exactly.

I said way back in the Cordoba thread that this would happen, that anger would be directed at all Muslims; in effect not only ignoring the actual problem, but fueling its spread. It's easy to direct your rage at people who you perceive to be fundamentally different [inferior]. That's the message of that webpage, under the guise of reasonable discussion.

It's what happened to Japanese-Americans and aliens during WWII. Internment was done under the pretense of national security, but the actual threat was ignored. There was a Japanese spy network in Hawaii at the time, but it was impractical to confine a large percentage of the population. So it was done on the West Coast, where there was widespread resentment of Japanese, who had taken American jobs. The country had endured a Depression, not unlike now.