Ground Zero Mosque Opposition: 'You Might Be a Bigot If…'

Townhall.com ^ | August 28, 2010 | Doug Giles

[myrabach]

You might want to check out eminant domain issues to see how much individual property rights matter these days. I’m just about sick of hearing about their property rights to build and how we should just bow to this because this is such a basic right to Americans. But how quickly can our property rights be snatched from us when a community feels a parking lot serves the greater good than someone’s home or business.

Eminent domain considers the greater good of the community over the property rights of the individual. So I say that this is the same issue... the community’s greater good should in fact be the standard here. It’s not anti-American at all. This issue is far more important than a parking lot.

I hear a lot of talk about how our opposition is against our Constitution. But I say that our Constitution upholds our right to say a loud and resounding NO. Remeber it’s We the people...

[PMAS]

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[myrabach]

Just another thought... to say that we can do whatever we want with our own property is completely erroneous. We have zoning laws that prevent us from doing so. In most communities you can’t build an adult store near a school. So why is it so unAmerican to not want a mosque on the site of a particularly devastating Islamic terrorist attack? It sounds to me that most Americans have a pretty good sense of discernment.

[hoagy62]

Bigot? Yep.

Now, the $64,000 question: When will Obozo enact legislation to “outlaw bigotry” in the United States and call for imprisonment of all who practice such an “evil and divisive belief”?

[Allegra]

So why is it so unAmerican to not want a mosque on the site of a particularly devastating Islamic terrorist attack?

I think you meant to address that comment to Captain Kirk.

He's the one in favor of the mosque, not me.

[Rumplemeyer]

Me too.

[lionheart 247365]

I AM A PROUD BIGGOT ,, I suppose . . .

[myrabach]

I apologize, yes it was meant for Captain Kirk.

[CodeToad]

So, will the mooselimbs cry foul if a gay bar or pork processing plant goes in next door to their government headquarters building?

[mick]

Well, in as much as Islam is a totalitarian political ideology masquerading as a religion, I will go further than that. I would strip Islam of all 1st Amendment protections such as local property tax exemptions.

And because Sharia Law is a threat to our Constitutional guarantees of republican form of government and equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex I would suppress the practice of Islam in this country unless they all took a loyalty oath. If you knew anything about the history of Islam you would understand that a person cannot at the same time be a sincere believer in Islam and a loyal American. That is not bigotry but factual

[mick]

Well, in as much as Islam is a totalitarian political ideology masquerading as a religion, I will go further than that. I would strip Islam of all 1st Amendment protections such as local property tax exemptions.

And because Sharia Law is a threat to our Constitutional guarantees of republican form of government and equal rights for all citizens regardless of sex I would suppress the practice of Islam in this country unless they all took a loyalty oath. If you knew anything about the history of Islam you would understand that a person cannot at the same time be a sincere believer in Islam and a loyal American. That is not bigotry but factual

[mrsmel]

As some wise person said, "the Constitution is not a suicide pact". Unless I missed the gist of this article, the entire point was that British Muslims used British freedoms against the British people to enact such things as sharia courts in a heretofore western civilised nation. Sometimes two principles clash against each other, and this is one of those times. That's when common sense-not to mention learning from history-comes in to play. Radical Muslims have become adept at misusing the very freedoms which they want to destroy in their dream of a worldwide caliphate, against freedom-loving peoples. We don't have to offer our necks to them by adhering to the letter of the law while allowing them to breach the spirit of it.

[mick]

sorry for the double post

[bohica1]

OK then, add me to the list of bigots too!

[noinfringers2]

There is to much emphasis placed on only ‘radical’ muslums/islamists because there is no defining scale for what is radical up/down through ‘moderate’ to ‘absence’ of the hatred towards non-muslums as prescribed by their almighty Koran. People should know this hatred has been spawned from the root of Abraham through the branches of Sarha/Jacob and Haggar/Ishmail.

[COUNTrecount]

These are a MUST SEE.

Three Things About Islam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib9rofXQl6w&feature=player_embedded

Of Mosques and Men: Reflections on the Ground Zero Mosque

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxFzFIDbKpg

[mrsmel]

I agree with you, “activist” Muslims would have been a better choice of words. But I agree that even those who don’t actively support the “activist” Muslims, at the least passively aren’t concerned about what they’re attempting to do. They’d be fine with the worldwide caliphate, with us as the dhimmis.

[Captain Kirk]

As some wise person said, "the Constitution is not a suicide pact".

Wise? Wise like a fox perhaps. I'll wager it was someone who wanted to find a rationale to violate our rights. Politicians have always used catch-phrases like that to stoke up hysteria and undermine our liberty. If it is not the "suicide pact" phrase (a big favorite these days of those who want to throw property rights out the window) it is something like "everything changed on 9-11" or you "can't shout fire in crowded theater." Some of use don't compromise our belief in rights just because of the hysteria of the moment or match-book catch-phrases invited by haters of liberty.

[Captain Kirk]

I would strip Islam of all 1st Amendment protections such as local property tax exemptions.

Why be such a wussy? Why stop there? Why not feed them to lions in your favorite sports stadium if you find them worshiping in the catacombs?

[pnh102]

To my fellow bigots, please pass the sausage with a side of bacon and some booze.

Amen.