Ignorance and fear at a glance

Wow, really? A black man in a Kangol cap walking around New York City is a "Muslim coward". And the tall guy was probably doing hardhat man a favor trying to calm him down, seemingly wanting to pick a fight with the man. Many wonder why people call the Tea Party filled with bigots.

I know, I know. Not ALL of the Tea Party members are bigots. However, it seems that the poster children of the movement always seems to be the most loudest, bigoted person you could find that day. I find the statement, "There trying to make it look like were a bunch of racists."  hilariously sad. The solution to that dilemma, DON'T VERBALLY ATTACK A BLACK GUY IN A KANGOL AND LOOK LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO WHIP HIS ASS!!

The backstory on this youtube video consists of the protest in front of the designated building that is to be deemed Park 51, a community center in the vicinity of the area where the World Trade Center towers stood nearly 10 years ago.

On its website here, it has its vision in plain view, stating that the community center is there for pluralism, service, arts and culture, education and empowerment, appreciation for our city and a deep respect for our planet. How this has been turned into a terrorist powerstation and a trophy for Al Qaida and Osama Bin Laden is a whirlwind of disbelief to me.

Reading this New York Times article, it drips with the extreme disdain at the counterprotestors from the protestors there.

Michael Rose, 27, a bespectacled medical student from Brooklyn, approached the opponents of the mosque around noontime with a handwritten sign, reading “religious tolerance is what makes America great.” He was immediately surrounded by protestors, some of whom angrily pointed a finger in his face. One man, his face red, leaned in to Mr. Rose and hissed, “If the cops weren’t here, you’d be bleeding right now.”

A group of police officers quickly moved in, pushing Mr. Rose away from the crowd and angrily insisting he return to the designated area for supporters of the mosque. Later, Mr. Rose said he had wanted to “get a better sense of what the protesters were saying, or thinking.”

Was he surprised by their message? Mr. Rose shook his head. “There was nothing that Newt Gingrich isn’t saying,” he said.

Just then, the red-faced man who had threatened Mr. Rose reappeared. He had followed the medical student a block from the protest. He stuck out a hand and, in a terse voice, said: “I’m sorry.”

“You have a right,” the man continued. (He would not give his name.) “I am sorry for what I said to you. I disagree with you completely, but you have a right.” 

Now, I am happy that the man apologized to him for his behavior, but he should have had his behavior in check at the protest. You don't threaten a mans life when you disagree with their views. Its just isn't rational. It exposed his mission that this protest was to constrain a certain people from their rights instead of allowing their freedom to do what they want to do. 

This didn't seem like a protest just against the community center either. You had President Obama and the Democrats mentioned more times than Montana Fishburne's tape at Vivid Entertainment. This was your run of the mill tea party protest. This protest from the pictures and youtube video went from the community center being built to how the disagreed with President Obama and attacked anyone who they believed voted for him. Not just his stance on the center, but him in general. His policies, his election, his birth (AGAIN! Won't let that go.) was all debated. Chants of "Obama must go!" ran through the crowd. Basically, I believe this whole thing was drummed up to highlight the same thing they tried in 2008. Keep President Obama foreign. After all, his name is Hussain (Hussein for people who can spell)



And what American has a name like that? Certainly not the President of the United States.

Even conservative talk show host, Tammy Bruce, believes this community center being built was hatched by the President.

I’m convinced this mosque was Obama’s idea. The notion of it and its location. I think he knows he’ll be a one-term president and wants as much destruction to the American psyche as possible. The legacy this man is now establishing is a continuation of the terrorism unleashed in the 90s and defined by 9/11.

Yes, because every Muslim, including American ones want the terrorism unleashed in the 90's and 9/11, right? Isn't that like me saying that a evangelical Christian church being built in an area where there were lynchings in the 1930's-50's means that all Christians want that same terrorism unleashed now? Again, President Obama. Anything like this is laid at his doorstep. I swear, if their daughters had gotten pregnant out of wedlock, I believe that there would be a 75% chance that these people would bring President Obama to fault for having a guy play the game Pop goes the Weasel with their daughter.

I may have some people disagree with me on this, but this is ignorance and fear, pure and simple. It is a sign that one election or one man cannot cure the tempestuous beliefs of a sullen group of the American populace that believes that their rights have been taken away from them.  Muslim, is just another hot button word meant to signify, "The Other" in the debate. It has been used by many conservative minded peoples to imply that, "The Other" is a threat to "real Americans."

Lets cut to the chase here. One, its their right to build a community center there. Whether or not you like it. Thats the consequence of being an American. Things happen here that you may not like or agree with. President Obama's election. President Bush's elections. President Clinton's, President H.W. Bush's, President Reagan's. Each of those people voted in office were not wanted by many to be there. However, they were there. The Giants winning  Superbowl 42 (I still don't know how the hell that happened.) It happens every day that something goes on that you don't like.  However, all of the above was within the rights of the U.S. Constitution. We could have said, "yeah, but.." and we would still be just as wrong as Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich are right now. There is no, "yeah, but.." when it comes to the Constitution in its present form. The only way to put a "yeah, but" in that document is to either get Congress to amend it to the Constitution or get the Supreme Court to strike down the provision. Until then, "yeah, but...." is about as useless as a thong in Siberia.

Then, there are calls that, yes it should be built, but just not that close. Its "hallowed ground." Well, take a look at this blog and tell me if all of that should be on "hallowed ground" and like this guy, I agree wholeheartedly with this statement.




Either, they forgot about the last President, (or just don't want to remember.) or they forgot his message about the difference between Muslims and radical extremists.





That message no longer applies now. Now, the people who were not on those planes, but died in those towers are to shoulder the blame of the transgressions of those radicals. They don't blame just them, but my own Aunt and cousins. Someone who used to work in the Atlanta police department, helping to make our streets safe, has been blamed. My elder cousins, who have both studied hard in college, one has a Juris Doctorate and works in D.C., another a schoolteacher here in Georgia, they are to blame now for radical Islam's sins. Instead of actually taking the community center as a peaceful conciliation towards unity and fellowship, it is derided as something that would fan the flames of radical extremist beliefs.

I close this with a statement that rings true today and can bust through all of this bigoted bull. Something that should be on the minds of every American who believes this way about all Muslims.






He may not be classified as "real American", but he was indeed a great American.