Hypocrisy of our Democracy

 This is Keith Olberman going in on the proposed "mosque" down the street from Ground Zero in Manhattan.  I know I posted something about this earlier this week...but this topic really gets to me.

In this post 9/11 America I really hate that "Muslim" and "Islam" have become bad words in society.  Yes, there are some radical elements wish harm on us that happen to be Muslims...but people have taken the religion and transformed it to this scary American hating belief that anyone that is associated with it is evil.  Maybe...juuuust maybe....the reason they hate us is because we're jacking their land of oil and blowing it to smithereens.  It's getting harder and harder to listen to the talking heads on the news networks when any subject dealing with terrorism is related.  Note: terrorist does not equal Muslim.  The KKK is a Christian based terror group...remember that.

This debate about the community center infuriates me even more.  Mainly because it's not going to be a mosque...just a community center.  Even more, its not across the street from  Ground Zero...try some blocks down the street.  The backers of the center shouldn't be subject to any more scrutiny than if it was a Christian center...or a Jewish center...or hell if it didn't have a religious affiliation.  But using the logic of the people that are against it..you might as well close every Islamic center in Manhattan.  What happened to freedom of religion?  People of any religion should be able to practice whatever, whenever.  Death to using fear tactics to force racist and xenophobic policies!

But who listens to me?  I'm just an angry black man with a blog...

-Dub