If it were even remotely possible for those lambasting our eyes and ears from the nut-wing media — especially Fox News and most conservative talk radio — to feel any sense of shame, they ought to be ashamed about the way they’ve misled, distorted, and all around demonized plans by a Muslim community in New York to build a Muslim Center near “Ground Zero,” the former site of the World Trade Center.
Yes, they should be ashamed. And all the nut-wing politicians who’ve used the whole matter to upset the mindless masses who feed on their every shifting word should be equally ashamed.
Ask yourself this single question: How far from “Ground Zero” would be appropriate if we were to allow a religious community to exercise their rights under our Constitution to build a religious center? Two blocks (which I understand is the approximate distance being considered)? Perhaps six blocks? Or as some comedians have suggested — maybe in New Jersey?
What right do you and I, as non-residents of Manhattan or New York City, have to dictate zoning and building decisions for the residents and officials of New York City? If “Ground Zero” is indeed some sort of “hallowed” or “sacred” ground, perhaps we ought to let those who live and work near there decide what’s appropriate.
AND UNTIL THE NUT-WINGERS STIRRED THE POT ON THIS ISSUE, NO ONE KNEW OR CARED ABOUT THE WHOLE MATTER. That is, except for those directly involved in the matter. And they seemed to be doing just fine until some idiot nut-winger started weeping and waling about it and sounding the alarm — “The Terrorists Are Here! The Terrorists Are Here!” Or maybe just “The Sky Is Falling! The Sky Is Falling!”
Seriously, dear readers, isn’t it time quit following every knee-jerk nut-winger who hasn’t the brains to string two real thoughts together and begin taking a careful, rational look at all these goofy things we’ve let nut-wing politicians push our nation into?
Here are some relevant thoughts you might want to consider about this Muslim Center planning and related issues:
1. Devout Muslim people were among those killed on 9/11.
2. There is an all-faiths chapel with Muslim worship and activities taking place in it AT THE PENTAGON ITSELF.
3. Muslim leaders seeking to build this center near Ground Zero were motivated by a desire to do it as a tribute of unity and peace honoring the victims of 9/11.
Those points are just some things to actually think about, for those of you who haven’t had your ability to think destroyed by a dependence on Fox News-less, Rush Lamebug, Sean Haint-he-he, Glen Bunk, Newt Groingrich and other such nut-wings.
If you’d like a reasoned, thorough presentation discussing how the whole “Mosque at Ground Zero” goofiness started and turned into such a mess, there’s an excellent story in The Washington Post you really should read.
First, it would be a lot easier to take you seriously if you did not make fun of people’s names. Second, although the muslim community certainly has a constitutional right to build there, to settle the argument once and for all, they could have just shown who was donating 100 million dollars to the project. Was this a grassroots, community project, or is it being funded by a single, overseas entity?