The Ground Zero Mosque Fiasco

While I am not a Muslim, I am a red-blooded American, ready to die for my freedom. Just like so many great men before me, I care not about your social, religious, sexual, or political affiliations, so long as you share my conviction to preserve that mindset. We are a rag-tag band of people who can unite under a common goal--freedom. The socioeconomic strata of America has been enriched by the "melting pot" mentality. So, why should we not allow a Muslim mosque to be erected where the Twin Towers once stood? Because some Muslims attacked us? That itself is un-American.

Let me state that for the record, I feel that it is in very poor taste to build a mosque at Ground Zero. However, I do not believe that anyone has the right to stop it from happening, so long as there are no terrorist connections to the parties involved. I mean, that's what we advertise America as, do we not? The bastian of tolerance. The nation of religious freedom. Honestly, we are acting like the country of contradiction.

Not allowing Muslims to erect a prayer center on the site that Muslims attacked, is utterly preposterous. That's like not letting white people on the site where two white guys bombed the Oklahoma City Federal Building. Or not letting Bill Clinton come into contact with women because of his conduct with Linda Tripp. Or not letting Americans tread on the lands that the Native Americans once had taken from them. Completely ridiculous.

To me that's "clique-ism." Bad things happen, both intentionally and through complete ignorance, but they still happen. To label an entire clique for the actions of a small percentage of people belonging to that group is quite an obvious contradiction. It's the same exact monster as racial profiling. But wait, since Muslim denotes a religious affinity and not a race, that must be why this is ok--right? We should also, along those lines, be able to profile on the basis of sexuality, economic status, IQ, or hair color. Sounds to me like a page out of the Third Reich Handbook.

This country as a whole needs to start fighting for everyone inside of it. We need to stop letting our politicians use their devicive drek to make us hate each other. That's the way they keep us distracted from their misdeeds. As a country, we need to start acting as one. Otherwise, we are just a scattered mess of small tribes that will never accomplish anything meaningful again.

In conclusion, while I would tell anyone wishing to put a mosque at Ground Zero that it was in terribly bad taste, I would never say that they cannot. That's because, i guess, that I am just an old-fashioned American. Or because I believe in more freedom and less governmental interference. Or because I still believe in capitalism, not socialism. But not because I am a Muslim or a terrorist.