The MYTH of American Islamophobia

[Kasz216]

theprof00 said:

Kasz216 said:

superchunk said:

Kasz216 said:

superchunk said:

Article is self defeating.

1. Even after the total number decreased it was still over 4 times higher than pre2001, shown some increase in at least reported incidents.

2. Of the 3000 people murdered on 9/11, a great number of them were Muslim as well.

3. The 'controversial' Mosque is closer to an existing Mosque than Ground Zero and you can't even see it from Ground Zero.

4. This is raised in US because we are the US and must hold ourselves to higher levels and standards than any other nation, especially those Muslim nations you all like to use for comparison so much.

5. No one says America is a land of intolerance, just that it seems the right-wing is becoming more and more radical, which is scary as that path leads to the same extreamism we denounce daily.

6. Author's name is 'Goldberg' (Jewish).... ok j/k on that one, just thought it was funny, ya know whole Isreali/Jewish issue with Palestinian/Arab/Muslim etc... ok joke has past.

3)  The existing community centre isn't... 15 stories tall.

So its not the relative proximity but the height? Just build a bigger memorial... oh wait one hasn't been built yet... after 9 years...

Yes?

I mean, it'd be like building a giant church within visibility of a burned down mosque that people who lost people in the fire had to walk by every day to get to their replacement mosque.

You have the legal right to do it, but you'd be a huge douchebag for doing it.

Although you know... not as bad, since one mosque isn't really equivlenet since way more people make the commute.

And yet the another mosque construction protest is happening hundreds of miles away in tennessee because, according to the logic presented so far, the mosque must extend into space.

I'm guessing said protest has far less support.