Where Do These People Come From?
The Ground Zero Mosque thing is long past its expected life span as a major controversy – you would have thought it would be resolved by now given the obvious difficulty its proponents are going to have in getting it built – but it’s not going away.
And despite the efforts of the Obama administration’s gang to blame conservatives for “ginning up” the controversy, it’s the statements of the mosque’s advocates which are keeping the fires lit.
Consider Daisy Khan, the wife of imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who went on ABC’s This Week with Christiane Amanpour yesterday to talk about the mosque. Amanpour put on a friendly show for Khan, so much so that she felt comfortable enough to say that opinions of Muslim Americans are like a “metastasized anti-Semitism” and “it’s beyond Islamophobia, it’s hate of Muslims.” She also said “there’s too much at stake, we have to go ahead with this project.”
As the Wall Street Journal notes this morning, “The words could further inflame an already angry debate about the proposed location of the community center, which opponents denounce as a ‘victory mosque.’”
One of the central tenets of public relations is that if you’re doing something the vast majority of the public is very upset about, don’t do it. And if you want to calm the public down, you need to make a showing of compromise.
Some 68 percent of the American people think it’s wrong for Khan and her husband to build a mosque so close to the World Trade Center site. Demonizing that 68 percent of the American people as “Islamophobic” or “extremists” or saying that they “hate” while insisting on building a mosque at that site only irritates the situation. Shrieking about constitutional rights as though the question of religious freedom is central to this controversy – which has been the M.O. of both the Obama administration and its allies and the mosque proponents themselves – will only make things worse as well; nobody is talking about denying Khan and her husband the right to worship.
None of this is particularly advanced thinking. It’s fairly obvious stuff. But the mosque proponents don’t seem to get it at all. As for the $100 million the mosque will cost, if that money comes from Saudi Arabia the controversy so far is NOTHING compared to what’s ahead.
This issue isn’t going away. It’s likely to be even more contentious in coming days – and not because of the right wing “ginning up” controversy. It’s because the organizers of the mosque are attempting to ram it down the throat of a public which opposes it.
This is the state of politics in America, hot button issues cover real issues. Look at the left hand while the right hand is screwing you. This "mosque" (community center) is just a distraction . The real purpose is to rekindle hatred for the brown people who want come up to speed and modernize into the new world ways. Because they won't allow the powers to be to rule over them with draconian and fascist measures.In reality the Neo-Con Zionist republicans have lost their edge because Bush and company were exposed for what they really were. Now bombing Iran and "mosque" issues are designed to reinvigorate real conservatives to support a corrupt right wing. They even try to reinvent themselves as Tea Party because people still have a bad taste in their mouth for them because of all the lying and corrupt behavior. Make economy , jobs ,and social equality the main theme of Nov. elections and I can assure you the people of America will get on board.Stop using false flag , straw man , hot button issues to fool the public it's becoming transparent and causing distrust and disdain for republicans by those with true conservative values.
Neo-Con Zionist Republicans is one hell of a mouthful.
A pointer: if you use a phrase like that, no one will take you seriously. You'll come off like an imbecile.
This is the state of politics in America, hot button issues cover real issues. Look at the left hand while the right hand is screwing you. This "mosque" (community center) is just a distraction . The real purpose is to rekindle hatred for the brown people who want come up to speed and modernize into the new world ways. Because they won't allow the powers to be to rule over them with draconian and fascist measures.In reality the Neo-Con Zionist republicans have lost their edge because Bush and company were exposed for what they really were. Now bombing Iran and "mosque" issues are designed to reinvigorate real conservatives to support a corrupt right wing. They even try to reinvent themselves as Tea Party because people still have a bad taste in their mouth for them because of all the lying and corrupt behavior. Make economy , jobs ,and social equality the main theme of Nov. elections and I can assure you the people of America will get on board.Stop using false flag , straw man , hot button issues to fool the public it's becoming transparent and causing distrust and disdain for republicans by those with true conservative values.
Neo-Con Zionist Republicans is one hell of a mouthful.
A pointer: if you use a phrase like that, no one will take you seriously. You'll come off like an imbecile.
So…Esais,
Would you be a paid troll or just the common variety hobbyist who dabbles in spreading misinformation as a form of entertainment?
I'm thinking the latter, but I've been wrong before.
So…Esais,
Would you be a paid troll or just the common variety hobbyist who dabbles in spreading misinformation as a form of entertainment?
I'm thinking the latter, but I've been wrong before.
"…nobody is talking about denying Khan and her husband the right to worship…"
Just the right to be able to build a place to do it? On their own… you know… private property? You guys aren't too big on property rights now either?
"…Some 68 percent of the American people think it’s wrong for Khan and her husband to build a mosque so close to the World Trade Center site…"
Fortunately, the founding principle of "rights" you have such a problem with lately… isn't put to a vote of majorities… to rule over minorities. That's how "rights" work in this country. Cause honestly… you wouldn't want somebody like me voting on your right to own machine guns. Get with that concept, or go start your own country.
"…It’s because the organizers of the mosque are attempting to ram it down the throat of a public which opposes it…"
We're the ones who organized the protest of bigots over the weekend…? We're the ones who can't figure out who an actual Muslim is… so they can properly direct their hate…? http://is.gd/ez4IC
How about the protest on 9/11 ?? That's us too?
Face it. This is another "hate the brown folks" campaign that reactionaries hope to ride all the way to November.
And why? Well, some in the GOP at least are willing to admit, they have absolutely no good ideas on WTF to do… if they actually regain control of the House… http://is.gd/ezEh7 None. Zero.
Goodbye, troll.
"…nobody is talking about denying Khan and her husband the right to worship…"
Just the right to be able to build a place to do it? On their own… you know… private property? You guys aren't too big on property rights now either?
"…Some 68 percent of the American people think it’s wrong for Khan and her husband to build a mosque so close to the World Trade Center site…"
Fortunately, the founding principle of "rights" you have such a problem with lately… isn't put to a vote of majorities… to rule over minorities. That's how "rights" work in this country. Cause honestly… you wouldn't want somebody like me voting on your right to own machine guns. Get with that concept, or go start your own country.
"…It’s because the organizers of the mosque are attempting to ram it down the throat of a public which opposes it…"
We're the ones who organized the protest of bigots over the weekend…? We're the ones who can't figure out who an actual Muslim is… so they can properly direct their hate…? http://is.gd/ez4IC
How about the protest on 9/11 ?? That's us too?
Face it. This is another "hate the brown folks" campaign that reactionaries hope to ride all the way to November.
And why? Well, some in the GOP at least are willing to admit, they have absolutely no good ideas on WTF to do… if they actually regain control of the House… http://is.gd/ezEh7 None. Zero.
Goodbye, troll.