Maybe I’ll stop writing about the “Ground Zero Mosque” soon. After all, the issue has been addressed by several parties much more eloquently and thoughtfully than I can or will address it.
But apparently CNN did a poll that says 68% of Americans are opposed to building the Ground Zero Mosque, which is funny, because it is neither a mosque nor is it at Ground Zero.
What does this poll actually tell us? As far as I can tell, it tells us that 68% of Americans don’t understand what it means to be an American, since freedom of (and from) religion is, well, a founding principle of America.
Or if I’m feeling less generous about it, I’d say that 68% of Americans are stupid fucking assholes.
Well a Sufi community center is just a sacrilege! Lower Manhattan is no place for a bunch of mystic poets.
Oh, wait…