Blog Stage 3: Anti-Radical Muslims Need to Organize and Draw Lines

In the article Anti-Radical Muslims Need to Organize and Draw Lines, by The National Review, the author, Dan McLaughlin, talks about how Muslims need to separate themselves from Muslim extremist and gave examples of other groups in the past and how they were able to prevent being stereotyped with extremist. McLauglin, a corporate attorney in New York City, makes some valid point that are intended for a reader with a conservative background. He talks about how actors during the Red Scare were able to distinguish themselves from Communist and how Italians distinguish themselves from the Mafia. His only problem in his arguments, is that he is looking back at the past and cherry picking the facts. During the Red Scare, tons of people were falsely accused of being Communist without real proof, and people's careers were ruined based off the word of other actors and directors. Italians are still stereotyped as being member of the Mafia, decades after the main Mafia problem happened. I agree with the author that Muslims need to be more active to seperate themselves from extremist, but I do not agree with his conclusion that "moderate Muslims" are actually hurting the perception of Islam as a whole.