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The fear-mongering also contributes to a greater sense of isolation amongst the young and growing Muslim population in the country, and the vulnerable and impressionable among them will be fodder for fundamentalists. My biggest fear is us driving one of the most economically successful, and so far fairly happily absorbed, minorities to the fringes of the US, creating significant discontent amongst those who were born and raised here - basically repeating the sins of Europe.
Marginalizing American Muslims is one of the biggest mistakes we can make. But I'm sure the right-wing commentators contributing to that potential outcome are well aware of that fact - they are quite happy leading us to WWIII or the apocalypse or whatever doomsday scenario fills their coffers.