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Based on 2014 statistics:

Jewish victims: 647
Muslim victims: 183
Asian victims: 200

Again, fears of widespread systemic violence against Muslims is unfounded. If we want to use FBI statistics, we should be far more concerned about hate crimes against Jews. Yes, hate crimes against Muslims is increasing as a percentage, most likely due to repeated terrorist attacks all over the world committed by Muslims - even Slate points to this causal relationship; blaming Trump's rhetoric for crime statics in 2014 is stretching it quite a bit.[/quote]
I can't tell if you're being deliberately obtuse or whether it comes easy.

The difference between Jewish and Muslim victims of hate crimes is that there is no one (nor has there been someone for a very long time) calling for increased scrutiny of Jews, rousing suspicion in their American-ness, advocating for more screening of potential Jewish immigrants, or pointing fingers at Jewish majority countries.  There is no political climate supporting exclusion and other-ness of American Jews, nor are any attempts in this direction tolerated. There are hate crimes, yes, but there is no authorizing environment for them.

In contrast, exclusion, more intense screening and suspicion of Muslims are currently very much on the agenda, and you seem to be saying that's this is quite all right as they had it coming. [/quote]

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