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President Obama comes out in support of Ground Zero mosque

I just heard on Rush's show today that Harry Reid is now *against* the GZ Mosque. Let's hope more progressives stand up against hatred against Jews and Christians, anti-gay bigotry, racism, and anti-gay homophobia.
 
I just heard on Rush's show today that Harry Reid is now *against* the GZ Mosque. Let's hope more progressives stand up against hatred against Jews and Christians, anti-gay bigotry, racism, and anti-gay homophobia.
Might be cool if someone would just stand up against hatred in general ...
 
I just heard on Rush's show today that Harry Reid is now *against* the GZ Mosque. Let's hope more progressives stand up against hatred against Jews and Christians, anti-gay bigotry, racism, and anti-gay homophobia.

How about if we just stand up against mindless hatred, and stand up for freedom.
 
Ahh, yes, the Republican party has its issue for this year's elections. Not the economy, but the building of a mosque in New York City. LMAO.

you really think we're not running on the economy heading into november?

with all due respect, buy a tv

our issues do not exclude each other, instead they combine to paint this spot-on portrait of our president as out of touch with normal americans and, furthermore, intent on CRAMMING his elitist, washington-knows-best ways down their gagging gullets

on immigration, americans oppose the president's position, 59-32, a plurality of 27 (pew)

on birthright citizenship, he's underwater, 58-34, a margin of 24 (ras)

on REPEAL of the obamacare mandate, missouri which is almost never wrong voted, 71-29 against the mandate, a gap of 42

on this mosque, cnn finds 68% say no vs only 29 affirmative, a shortfall of 39

on drilling, obama's up against it, 64 to 21, he trails by 43 (ras)

43!

the PLURALITY of those opposed to his position EXCEEDS his JOB APPROVAL, gallup's new low of 42%, yesterday

never has an american president been so FAR on the wrong side of the hearts and minds of the people over whom he presides

it's probably cuz he keeps SUING em

so there's your campaign

better?

party on!

(all polls have been linked above)
 
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How about if we just stand up against mindless hatred, and stand up for freedom.

I think I'll refer to this quote in all the Fox News hate threads. :)
 
How about if we just stand up against mindless hatred, and stand up for freedom.
No, the bad guys hate us for our freedoms, so we have the government take away our freedoms so they won't hate us any more.

If you still have freedom, the terraists have won.
 
No, the bad guys hate us for our freedoms, so we have the government take away our freedoms so they won't hate us any more.

If you still have freedom, the terraists have won.

So it's the conservatives who hate America?
 
“The folks that want to build this mosque who are really radical Islamists who want to triumphantly prove they can build a mosque right next to a place where 3000 Americans were killed by radical Islamists; those folks don’t have any interests in reaching out to the community. They are trying to make a case about supremacy. That’s why they won’t go anywhere else. That’s why they won’t accept any other offer. And I think we ought to be honest about the fact that we have a right. And this happens all the time in America. Nazis don’t have the right to put up a sign next to the Holocaust Museum in Washington. We would never accept the Japanese putting up a site next to Pearl Harbor. There’s no reason for us to accept a Mosque next to the World Trade Center.”

— former House Speaker Newt Gingrich¹

“The debate over the proposed community center to be built a few blocks away from the World Trade Center has missed this fundamentally important point. If this community center were being built anywhere else in the world, chances are the U.S. government would be funding it.

“The man behind it, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, has spent years trying to offer a liberal interpretation of Islam. His most recent book, "What's Right With Islam is What's Right With America," argues that America is actually what an ideal Islamic society would look like because it is peaceful, tolerant, and pluralistic. His vision for Islam, in other words, is Osama bin Laden's nightmare -- we should be encouraging such an Islamic center, not demonizing it.”


— Fareed Zakaria²

Of the two opinions expressed, I rather think Mr. Zakaria is appealing to our intellect and rational selves and Mr. Gingrich, to our emotions and our fears. Which do you think should guide us in deciding what should be done?
 
Which you'll note I don't take part in.

Never paid attention. But if you don't, perhaps its an area where you can further champion standing up for freedom. :)
 
Never paid attention. But if you don't, perhaps its an area where you can further champion standing up for freedom. :)

I stand it for it in petty much every area. I could care less about imagined bias in the media, so I ain't gunna spend a whole lot of time watching people throw Media Matters at Newsbusters links and vice versa. On the list of things I would like to do with my time, that is right up there with being caught in traffic.
 
Do you lefties even consider the victims of the families of the people murdered on 9/11? It would be like a kick in the gut to build a mosque at or near thatsite...........

And THAT is more important that our Constitution and the freedoms that it guarantees?
 
So it's the conservatives who hate America?
I think very few people actually hate America. I think it is more a case of people doing what they do to advance themselves or their party/ideology without fully considering the effects of their ideas and actions.
 
Harry Reid is not here. He is asking the people at this board.

sure, and we already know what the leader would say, anyway

he's refusing to stand up for freedom

LOL!
 
I stand it for it in petty much every area. I could care less about imagined bias in the media, so I ain't gunna spend a whole lot of time watching people throw Media Matters at Newsbusters links and vice versa. On the list of things I would like to do with my time, that is right up there with being caught in traffic.

I don't blame you.
 
No, the bad guys hate us for our freedoms, so we have the government take away our freedoms so they won't hate us any more.

If you still have freedom, the terraists have won.
That's silly. Who pushed for the Patriot Act, taking away some of our freedoms?

How come the terrorists didn't attack Canada?

(BTW, a translation of your sig, indicates you are starved)
 
That's silly. Who pushed for the Patriot Act, taking away some of our freedoms?

How come the terrorists didn't attack Canada?

(BTW, a translation of your sig, indicates you are starved)
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So according to a new poll, 68% of Americans oppose this mosque. Apparently, two thirds of all Americans hold an entire religion and all their followers hostage for the deeds of a few terrorists.

Anybody who ever wondered how something like the Holocaust could happen, or believed that it could only happen in Germany, or that it could never again happen today, should take a look at these poll numbers and take a deep breath before answering.

Until then, let's read again the Protocols of the Elders of Islam.
 
New York Post
Aug 13, 2010



President Obama comes out in support of Ground Zero mosque - NYPOST.com

As of today 61% of New Yorkers many of them democrats, are aginst the ground zero mosque. Obama comes out in support. Not a very smart move on his part.

There's a line, though - somewhere.

At some point a 'religion' can just become a toxic pool of crap that just has to be flushed.

So where's the line - we can't just *let* religious people and things do whatever they want, so long as it's in the name of religion - so I suspect that the first foul thing that happens after this place is established will permit the gov to step in and dismantle it.
 
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