5 Percent Doctrine

The latest outbreak of Islamophobia is virulent. This is one loud and boisterous strain of crazy. Some guy gets out there and wants to burn Korans and the media floods him like he's made out of money, honey, love, and pure sexual orgasm. So the guy is a little off, but the media is way off.

NY Times: The 5 Percent Doctrine

There is nothing you can do about the crazy 5 percent except ask the police to keep an eye on them during large public events, where they sometimes appear carrying machine guns just to make a political point about the Second Amendment. And, in situations like a Koran-burning, make it clear that the rest of us disagree.