No, I am suggesting any problem can become life and death, if you make the worst assumptions, based on incendiary comments, designed to have that effect.
This is about the life or death of America.
JMO
Symbols serve a purpose. We have the Statue of Liberty, the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, our flag. They're a shorthand way of expressing an idea, and they have a place in the lives of humans.
The Ground Zero mosque is a symbol of Islamic triumphalism, a giant middle finger extended to America. Most Americans recognize it for what it is, and all the PC talk in the world isn't going to change the reality.