No grounds for ‘mosque’ hysteria
Submitted by Editor on August 22, 2010 – 3:56 pmNo Comment
The raging controversy over the “Ground Zero Mosque” is quintessentially American: free of facts and logic and unapologetically exploitative of emotional issues in the tradition of bare-knuckled partisan politics; yet also an occasion for responsible leaders to call on fellow Americans to live up to their highest ideals, despite the lingering trauma of 9/11 and the ravages of an economic crisis.
In raising their voices against all the ugliness going around, President Barack Obama and, in particular, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York have displayed the best of America and set an example of how to deal with bigots — confront them.
First, the facts:
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