Pedestrians walk past the 19th century building on Park Place in Manhattan where Muslims plan to build a mosque and cultural center Saturday, Aug.14, 2010, in New York. President Barack Obama says Muslims have the right to build a mosque near ground zero in New York, but he's not saying whether he thinks it's a good idea to do so. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness…to some extent.
When did these policies become a part of selective treatment? Though this was not a very politically smart move, I do believe a compromise can be made between supporters and naysayers. Obviously people of the Muslim religious faith are having ambivalent feelings toward the building of this mosque.
Some believe this was a wrong move for a religious faith trying to clear their name of all negative perceptions. Others believe very strongly that if America is truly a place of freedom and tolerance as mostly everybody claims it is than the building of the mosque should be an attribute to this.
Although some republicans disagree with this completely, and continue to argue in the style of mindless, fridge buzz babble that the building of such a place is a slap in the face to the recent events that transpired. I would have no problem with their view on the situation except for the fact those republicans consistently reference the fallen heroes of the 9/11 attacks as a pathos to rise up their own beliefs.
Religious inequity is definitely present in their arguments to keep America “pure” and “truly American.
This is an old tactic to convince the American people their beliefs are incontrovertible. Even though America claims to be a place of racial and religious freedom, the United States citizens continue to have a very prevalent defensive outlook on Muslims. How can a country known as a place of substance and freedom erase all progress made in the past three hundred years.
The view on Muslims today is similar to that of the Japanese in America after the attack on Pearl Harbor, which we now credit as a mistake.
How can we judge Muslims based off of a select group of people whose violence affected our country. What is stopping us from keeping the same views of the Germans or Russians or the North Koreans? It is in favor of the greater good. Even if it is unintelligible to the citizens of this great country we must keep our better interests in our foresights.
