I may yet turn into a crazy person ranting on street corners

[dr_memory]

I’ve been trying very very very hard not to say much in public about the “Ground Zero Mosque” (which is not at ground zero and not a fucking mosque), because I find that it’s all too easy to go from zero to frothing angry maniac in about 0.0021 seconds when the subject comes up, and that’s always a drag at parties.  Breathe, breathe, it’s just the

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[creidylad]

I promise you are not the last person on earth who remembers these things. (woops, didn't mean to anonymous post).

Let me also add: well said.

[sweh]

It means that I have to put up with asshole homophobes yelling about how God hates fags, because calling it hate speech would infringe on their free expression of religion.

No you don't.

"Make no law" means just that: no law.The 1st amendment is not absolute. "Free speech" (the phrase following) has clearly been limited in scope; there is a concept of "protected speech" and the word "speech" has been narrowly defined in this context so that restrictions can be applied. Similarly there are already restrictions on religious freedoms, by narrowly defined what counts as a religion. If I created a one-man religion with the requirement that all homophobes were to be shot and that my supreme being requires all adherents of the faith to ensure that happened.... then I'd soon find myself on death row and the exercise of my religious beliefs would be curtailed (most simply by denying it as a real religion). Many cults fall foul of similar reasoning

[sinboy]

There's a difference between saying "God hates fags" and incitement to violence, and you're missing it.

[sweh]

That whooshing noise was you missing the point.

[sinboy]

Here's a bit of potential antidote: A Needham woman who lost her husband in the 9/11 terrorist attacks and then co-founded an organization to improve the lives of Afghan widows received the 2010 Citizens Medal from President Obama at a White House ceremony today.

Susan Retik Ger started Needham-based Beyond the 11th with Patti Quigley of Wellesley , who also lost her husband in the attack on Sept. 11, 2001. The organization raises money for widows and their children in Afghanistan, a country that had provided refuge for the planners of the attacks.

" . . . nobody would have blamed Susan if she had turned inward with grief or with anger. But that isn’t who she is,'' Obama said. "So instead, she and another widow started “Beyond the 11th,” and this is a group that empowers Afghan widows affected by war and terrorism. And Susan says, “These women are not our enemy.” '

[arikayx]

About.com has an incomplete list,
http://islam.about.com/blvictims.htm

[arkham1010]

Why the FUCK does Sarah Palin and the rest of the fucking heartland get fucking veto rights on what goes on in NYC. They hate us 'liberal elites' up until the moment they are defending us from those skeeeery terrorists (or are shopping on 5th ave. I'm looking at you Sarah).

Seriously. Those making political hay about this, fuck yourselves. Ok?

[fj]

Can we signal boost this somehow?