Theyre supposed to be in the majority though, right? they shouldnt have anything to be afraid of.
The rest of the majority isn't always around to help defend you against savages with machetes. I daresay it isn't the radical crazies in public that they're generally scared of; it's the radical crazies who show up in the middle of the night and drag you out of your bed for a beheading that keep them from speaking out.