A reader writes:
We don't even have to come up with a hypothetical situation as a counter-example: anyone who says, "Jews killed Jesus," is pretty much labeled as an anti-Semite, right?
Except some Romans actually did it. But point taken. Another writes:
I’m trying to imagine O’Reilly protesting the construction of a VFW hall in Oklahoma City because the people who blew up the Murrah Building were veterans.
Keep trying. I think my pro-life terrorist hypothetical works the best. And I can remember a time in Britain when some assumed all terrorists were Irish and Catholic.