@cicerone imposter,
cicerone imposter wrote:
There is no "offense" here. It's created from people who's ability at rational thinking is nonexistent; they create fear from fear. Any American who follows the laws of our country has the right by citizenship to all the protections and freedoms afforded to all. Anything else is discrimination. In this case, it's bigoted discrimination, because it's targeted at Muslim Americans.
You like that word "bigot."
No, it is not targeted at Muslim Americans; it is targeted against the placement of a mosque. The reasons have to do with Islam being the reason for existence of radical Islam. And 9/11 has to do with the existence of radical Islam, in my opinion. See the algebraic equivalence:
a) Radical Islam = Reason for 9/11
b) Peace loving Muslims = Mosque at Ground Zero
c) Radical Islam = Trophy mosque at Ground Zero
The conern, I believe, comes from the feeling that truly peace loving Muslims would understand that equation "c)" above may be what anti-mosque folk are concerned about, not equation "b)," even though it might be true. The reality of equation "c)" may "trump" equation "b)," in the eyes of those that lost loved ones on 9/11.
But, do not respond, please. We will not agree. You just do not seem to care about the emotions of 9/11 as a rationale for the mosque builders to voluntarily move the proposed mosque.
You have no idea how sad the evening of 9/11 was when all the local hospitals were ready to take in casualties, and no casualties came; they were all dead.
So, keep your post directed to others, please. I find your inability to relate to what I have been saying as a waste of time on my part. Nor, did you respond to my salient point that freedom of speech is also guaranteed in the First Amendment, and anyone calling anti-mosque folks bigots may just be trying to squelch free speech, using pejorative ad-hominems.
And, again, do we know if Muslims, that would use that mosque, have no concern for the feelings of the families that lost loved ones on 9/11, since few of the first responders were Muslim, but predominantly Christian. So, for political correctness, no one is allowed to question whether the lack of empathy from the Muslim future mosque goers reflects a lack of concern for Christian families. So, this is not bigotry, but it might be a poor advertisement for Islam!