@Pandora “We (moslems) not only destroyed and killed thousands that day but we would like to raise a house of worship over an area we defeated.”
Um, terrorists destroyed the Twin Towers. There is no indivisible unit of muslim-ity that conspired to destroy the Towers and then build a community center laughing maniacally the whole time. They aren’t the Borg.
Believe it or not Muslim people aren’t entirely motivated by a desire to piss off non-Muslims. Maybe they just wanted to build a community center in their community on the property they own.
“If I had lost someone near to me in those towers, I would be sore at all Moslems even if I understood it was fanatical terrorists. I wouldn’t want to give those terrorist to have any thing to smile about. And in all likely hood, in there twisted little minds they would see the raising of a mosque as a win for them as well.”
So you would prefer to restrict American’s rights, so long as they were Muslim Americans, so that some random terrorists wouldn’t have reason to get snotty? I’m pretty sure that our Constitution prioritizes American’s rights, no matter their religion, over managing what other people think of us. I mean come on. Are we in high school?
And what about Muslims that died during 9/11? Do their feelings as victims of 9/11 count less because they’re Muslim?