In the end, Park51’s application is likely to be unsuccessful financially while mobilizing a new round of opposition. It’s a lose-lose proposition put forward by a tone-deaf organization that seems determined to alienate allies and embolden opponents.
I think that the true source of the outrage: the complete gob-smacked dumbfoundedness that anyone would be offended. "What, we're just applying for public moneys set aside to aid redevelopment of the lands our co-religionists laid waste to, so we can spread the good word of Islam. What's the big?"
It's like trying to explain table manners to a fifteen-year-old.
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Look, it was Muslims who flew the planes into the towers. Whether you like it or not, they are. The idea of having a mosque next to the attack site of islamic etremists, to most people, is bad. If they want to spread the word of islam, they arent doing islam a favor by building a mosque there. It brings bad memories to the people who were there to experiance it.
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