This is a good question and challenge to certain people out there. Normally I'll admit I wouldn't be so quick to fave something with the phrase "the liberal media" in it...not exactly befitting of me as a liberal, however I'll listen to anyone if they have something provocative and intelligent to say.



I used to support Obama from my post in Australia when he first came in to American politics and seemed to be a great candidate for president, however I think the general impression of the American people is that his later terms would disappoint. The whole mess with not being able to even utter the words "Islamic Extremism" (which is legitimate by the way, exists, and has a DEFINTE religious agenda attached) not to mention pandering to the ideals of the social justice populists and reinforcing the wage gap myth, among other things, has made me think he's not quality president material. He seems like a good guy, but he's too wishy washy and has no hard principles and seems to pander to everyone.



To get to the question; of course Islamic terrorism has something to do with Islam (why the fuck would it even be CALLED Islamic terrorism if it wasn't endorsed by the hard fundamentalist Islamic state???). Groups like Daesh/ISIS think they are "the right" Islam, and want to kill all the infidels and start infighting between Westerners so we are good and distracted with fighting over petty shit, like the petty shit that the social justice ilk are starting with them getting all offended and calling people who oppose the actions and frankly undemocratic and completely illiberal beliefs of that of Islamic State Fundamentalists racists...because they dare not buy the narrative that all Muslims are just cuddly bears at heart who are angry like this because they're marginalised.



Even if they were marginalised...very seriously marginalised people generally are too scared out of their wits if they stand to lose everything, and they certainly don't act out like Daesh/ISIS and Boko Haram trying to violently silence and oppress other people and go on the rage.



I stand with Muslims but only Muslims who aren't these Islamic State Fundamentalists and are the ones trying to live in peace without these morons getting in their way. I think it's true that Islamic state is oppressing Muslim natives of the Middle East who are less inclined to have such hardliner beliefs, however I don't think it's true that this takes away from and should lead our focus away from the genuine threat to Western democractic society, or that even worse...the Islamic State has an excuse for this somehow and that we should just prance around the issue until more people die 'cause political correctness and feeling comfortable.



My fellow liberals are not failing to make me bang my head against the wall and sigh about this issue. I get that there is some unfair backlash against Muslims who are not inclined to be the same way which the Islamic state is, but it seems that anytime someone just wants to have a discussion about the real heart of this issue and get to the truth, someone pops up yammering away at how they are assuming all Muslims are terrorists because they wanted to discuss Islamic terrorism and extremism. It's a non sequtir. Most reasonable people aren't Islamophobes but they do realise that there is a serious issue with some wings of the religion and that they need to be fixed and done away with so Islam doesn't have to be so incompatible with the human rights treaties we often draw up in Western societies. Until Jihadists aren't perpetrating the majority of modern terrorist attacks, THEN we can discuss how terrorism has no preferred religion or how terrorism isn't more likely to occur in conservative Islamic areas.