Causes of antiislamism in the West

[minionofmidas]

The media telling people it's okay to give in to these particular racist impulses but not others.

Of course "the media" are people too, and there's a bit of a chicken-egg dynamic here.

[minionofmidas]

I would assume that Islamic terrorism and killing of US soldiers plays a bigger part in the rise of US anti-Islamism.

I believe you assume correctly, sir.

Verbal sex change operation ;-)

Then why the -us?

[minionofmidas]

There's the big difference that anybody who grew up urbane and was born before, oh, 1993 or so, will remember a time, if he is not actively trying not to as a lot of people seem to be, when "muslim" had nothing whatsoever to do with it but the stereotypes and problems were otherwise quite identical.
Which tells you all you really need to know about "antiislamism".