Only once have heard that the 9-11 attackers WEREN'T Muslim Americans...

[MrScorpio]

Since this so called "debate" started about the "Ground Zero Mosque" on TV.

And do you know why?


Well it's because that if that point was ALWAYS hammered home, the bigots who oppose the community center would have to admit that Muslim Americans were just as victimized on 9-11 as the rest of us and discriminating against them, based on their religion, is completely unfair and altogether un-American.


People who say that they support the right of Park 51 to be built, but who don't drive this point home are guilty of keeping the controversy extant.

[MisterP]

1. and it would wreck the "basis" for collective punishment:

that there are Muslim Americans and Saudi Muslims and Muslim Nigerians and Muslim Londoners, rather than "only Muslims" which are thus monolithic across the globe

[JerseygirlCT]

2. Yup

It's really sad to see, especially here at DU.

Scapegoating. Reflexive hatred, focused without any rationality on all Muslims.

[MrScorpio]

4. Exactly.

That's pretty shameful of them.

[Bitwit1234]

3. And when they were first publishing it they said they

used to live in Saudi Arabia...now that's the ruler of Saudi Arabia that Bush held hands with and kissed.