Yeah I guess its a bit harsh and jumpy in hindsight but not necessarily incorrect. Working in social science has taught me that people will always dig up examples to feed their stereotypes no matter how insular or isolated they may be--why I cited hate crime statistics as an example. Hate crimes are indicative of one (or several) person's violent actions but not representative of a whole group. Its a lot more evident when you are in the "group" whether its your country, your religion, your race, etc. but eschew and detest the action.

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