Off theme, but:
Following over-exaggerated 'coverage' of the Mosque story, and that of the Qu'ran burnings, I have one thing to say: America, How Dumb Can You Be?
Many Americans' excuse as to why the construction of a Mosque should be forbidden in the city of Manhattan is that it dishonors the victims of the September 11 World Trade Center attacks.
It is ironic that in the years following the attacks, the United States has spent years, money, and lives to promote 'Peace in the Middle East', but in turn condones religious intolerance on their own home terf. Talk about Hypocrisy! When President Obama spoke on the Mosque controversy, and condemned this type of religious intolerance, he was bashed by the masses, and called a 'Muslim Lover'. Now how the hell does this make sense, America? We can cry that a mosque being built in Manhattan is inconsiderate to us, but if that ignorance continues and actions such as Qu'ran burnings take place, who can say that 9/11 won't happen again? Who's to say it won't happen on a larger scale?
We have to look at what caused the attacks in the first place, right? Instead of pointing fingers, we need to realize that we were attacked because radicals were Pissed at our country. We can deny it all we want, but only the biggest Idiot would say that they did it for no apparent reason. And contrary to popular belief, every follower of Islam isn't a damn terrorist. Since some of us are dumb, let me put what's going on now in the simplest of forms:
Religious Intolerance + Radical Groups= Absolute Terrorism
Is that what we want? As of right now, it seems like that's what we're going for, America. So go ahead and burn Qu'Rans. Discriminate against those of Islamic faith. Tell them that they can't build a place of worship. Burn their mosques. Enjoy discriminating while you can! Just get ready to put on your 3D glasses and enjoy the show, because fire will be lit under our ass once more. This time, it might actually affect you! :)
OMG I couldn't have put it better myself. Sometimes I think that we are going back in time 50 years in our way of thinking instead of actually moving forward and be more accepting.I don't care what people say about Islam being the religion of the terrorists. In that case we would have a ban on pretty much all religions that have been of the people involved in big terrorist attacks. The whole mosque thing and Quran burning is so ridiculous I can't even stand to think about it.
ReplyDeleteDo we need to ban Christian churches because of Timothy McVeigh? No, of course not. Fox News wouldn't be happy with that. I personally was happy to see Obama address the issue of the Ground Zero Mosque.
ReplyDeleteThe GOP right now seems to only believe in certain parts of the constitution: those that benefit themselves. These tea baggers are running on platforms of "strict constitutionality" but condemning the parts of the constitution that is truly the envy of the world. No one cares that in the US we have the "Right to keep and bear arms." What they care about is our freedom of speech, and religion!
Good post!