Every group seems to believe that its practice is good and that of other groups is bad.  We Americans are mostly blind to our own inequities.  We have more people locked in cages percentagewise than any major country.  We obsess over sexual transgressions locking folks in prison for decades for offences the rest of the world would find relatively minor.  We target those who have fallen into drug use even if they have not injured anyone.  American society at large is highly intolerant wherein neighbors who do not think our way are relegated to pond scum without humanity.  We cannot but reap what we sow.  No matter how hard we try.