I've seen on TV a survey carried out on the street where they asked average americans what comes to their mind when they think of the word "muslam"..

And around 98% of the people asked said things like "gun weilding terrorists".. "suicide bombers"... etc

America is a very impressionable country that gets easily brainwashed by the media on a regular basis.... And the thing is, most people know that... But it still happens...