I'd contend that my reading comes from within a theologically conservative Christian perspective.

Well said, but I think we do have a genuine problem in that Muhammad himself (although he initially practiced relative tolerance for 13 years in Mecca) did practice a kind of mixture of religion and state power, and the use of war and physical violence against his enemies.

I mostly agree. The media didn't give Trump the "ignore and go away" treatment (quite the contrary), but he wouldn't have been able to get anywhere as near as far as he did if he couldn't exploit weaknesses in our institutions, culture, and democracy. Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) wrote in Culture and Anarchy that we…

I think it matters when specifically dealing with people like Milo. Insincerity is their weak point, and drilling them on it is, I think, is the best way to deflate them without giving them the reaction they want.

But Trump didn't get the "ignore and go away" treatment; he got obscene media coverage.

Milo's basically an adept troll/court jester and nothing more.