The video is a very dangerous piece of propaganda.

And not because its full of lies, I agree with the facts as presented, I don't dispute the lady's numbers. It's her interpretation, and her conclusions and the policy they lead to I find disturbing.

Yes, Islamic terrorism is a huge problem, and it is growing, and it must be fought, but I don't see the authorities as being blind to it, or that our efforts to combat it are being hamstrung by some kind of liberal effeminacy--you know, the same namby-pamby kumbaya weakness that was soft on Communism, soft on crime, soft on everything that authoritarians and reactionaries find threatening or inconvenient.

The reluctance of the authorities to engage in the kind of rhetoric and policy this video seems to be promoting is not weakness, or stupidity, or cowardice. It is military necessity, it is pure practicality. It makes sense.

We depend on moderate Muslims, the great majority, both here
and abroad, that we need as allies and informers (and translators) in the fight against radical Islam, especially those overseas who are the major victims of radical Islam. The last thing we want to do is provoke some kind of government oppression or vigilante movement against anyone with a turban, Muslim or not, which is where the ignorant knuckledraggers will surely go with this. Its happening already, provoked by amateur and professional haters and bigots.

This video very subtly undermines this attitude. Although the statistics and logic are fundamentally correct, and I DO AGREE WITH THEM, the presentation is subtly slanted in the Trumpian direction. We are treated to soft Western Liberals saying how they failed to report their bomb-making neighbors because they didn't want to be called "racist", but they failed to point out that according to the FBI, it is tips from American Muslims that have led to the majority of arrests of radicals and suspected terrorists by the authorities. We need these people, they are on our side, lets not let careerist rabble-rousers and provocateurs drive them away. As trite as it sounds, that is exactly what ISIS and other terrorists want. To divide us, to force a peaceful Muslim majority to run to Jihad because they are hated in the West.

The folks on this forum know I used to work as a professional propagandist, I was trained to produce effective material to promote a specific point of view. I know it is possible to do this without uttering one lie. I recognize that hand at work in this video. Its a point I make very frequently, and even stridently here. Its more than just "the facts", truth is open to interpretation, to subtle shadings and colorings, it is not necessary to utter untruths to plant a seed of doubt in someone's mind, to make them feel the way you want about some controversial subject.

Watch the video. The data is useful, and we all need to know it, but listen critically to the subtext, too. I know what I'm talking about.