Monday, August 23, 2010

A few words about the proposed mosque near the 9/11 site

Seriously America, you are starting to piss me the fuck off. Stop this idiotic tea party reactionary group think and take a moment to really analyze what it is you think you fear so much.

When you say that putting a mosque near the site of the 9/11 terrorist attack is insensitive or some how a slap in the face of the survivors and family members of the victims, you are saying that all of Islam is defined by the radical extremist minority. It's like saying that building a new church is somehow promoting the fanatical anti-gay protesting of the Westboro Baptist Church crack-pots. You know, those assholes who go and protest in front of the funerals of American soldiers with signs that say things like "God hates fags" and "thank God for IEDs". Do you associate your belief as a Christian with those kinds of people? No. You don't. And the vast majority Muslim world doesn't associate itself with those who seek to cause chaos and death in the name of their faith.

So stop it. Just stop being scared of things you haven't taken any time to actually understand. It's embarrassing and it's just plain upsetting to someone who put their life on the line for a country that after 234 years, still can't seem to live up to it's founding principles of religious and personal freedoms.