OP ED RANT! Never accuse me of this.

[Brian37]

"Nazi" is the word you used. Which you said you were sorry for doing, good. But doesn't change that is how you responded initially.

And you also said you were "concerned" about the influx of refugees into Europe, am I incorrect about that?

Combine the two, it sure looks bad from my point of view.

Now again, if you really think you are not buying or selling fear, great.

Then the better tactic isn't to put it like you just did, but to attack the idea as a claim, point out the source of that claim. And better yet, offer a solution of what you think might help not only Europe, but Muslims as well.

I am concerned with the influx of refugees and that doesn't make me a bigot.

Ugggggggggg!

It does make you sound like one putting the word "Nazi" in your argument.

Ok, fine, still does not change that you cannot nor should allow your "concern" to override your empathy for your fellow human. Now, again, I hear you say you are not a bigot. Fine, but please, protesting like you have been isn't showing me you know the difference between bad logic, and pointing out the source of where that bad logic is being justified and responding to bad logic with fear. It seems to me dragging it out makes you sound like you are saving face after the fact.

I am concerned about ALL religions globally having weapons and having power and control over political systems myself. Now stop and think before you respond. I blame all three religions for not recognizing the elephant in the room, religion itself. Approaching it from a claims tactic, allows you to point out the problem, without coming across the way you did.

My solution to all this is simple, not that the problem isn't complex and will be magically solved overnight, but just like you fix a car, you don't start out by dismantling the entire complex engine, but the simply idea that you start with the most likely solution which will most likely be the one with the least baggage.

And if more humans start with the attitude we are all humans, that can if more people take that view, undermine the complexities religion sets up and hides behind. All religions.

But, to add to that, I also look at it this way too in combo with what I just said. I would rather let 10 guilty people go free than to convict one innocent person wrongly. I have the same attitude about Hispanic migrants and Muslim refugees. I refuse to assume the worst as a default. 

You can have that "concern" but do it the right way. If your "concern" isn't bigotry, then don't add to the fear by putting it the way you did at first.