Quote Originally Posted by bigsby
Blanketing everyone with the same term in an effort to denigrate them or their beliefs smacks of racism.
in some circumstances it shows a bias of some sort, but i don't think you can describe it as racism. the one thing that all jihadists have in common is a devotion to some fundamentalist form of islam. they come in all colors and, though a majority are from the middle east, from all over the world, so i really don't think that racism is the proper term.

racism is, however, the proper term if your goal is to engender a distrust of someone using the term "jihadist". though it has been over-used, it still elicits a certain dismay among the majority of westerners. it's a great defense when all reason has failed, just cry racism and you're sure to win a few of the more weak-minded fence-sitters to your side.