The provocations in question differ significantly. A small-time pastor destroying a few korans shouldn't be compared to an imam with terrorist connections building a moon-cult monstrosity at Ground Zero with mystery money.
Both the mosque and Koran issues are examples of the silly politics of media symbolism rather than substance. Unfortunately, many conservatives seem far more concerned about the location of a mosque than they are about the plight of, for example, their fellow Christians who are being systematically cleansed courtesy of tax dollars from Iraq.