Right. Which is why I am suggesting that if Val genuinely wanted to avoid distraction and dispute, s/he would have done better simply not to throw in that remark about “the predominantly left-leaning political elite in Europe encouraging the acceptance of and submission to Islamic culture in Europe”. It’s not like it was essential to the actual point Val was making.
Each side’s preferred position already is a hot-button statement to the other.
Right. Which is why I am suggesting that if Val genuinely wanted to avoid distraction and dispute, s/he would have done better simply not to throw in that remark about “the predominantly left-leaning political elite in Europe encouraging the acceptance of and submission to Islamic culture in Europe”. It’s not like it was essential to the actual point Val was making.