You shut down when painted into a corner.
Ugh. I shut down when people ask questions to which they MUST already know the answer, because dealing with liars is a waste of time. But, against my better judgement, here's why it's disrespectful, although I'm sure you already know this:
A group of people - and, as I clearly said, some small group of people, not the entire religion - wants to build an Islamist building, whatever the hell it is, close to Ground Zero. And let us not forget, a person here says it is the "so-called" Ground Zero, which is fascinating in itself.
These people know what Ground Zero is - a place where thousands of Americans died, where thousands of American families suffered, where so many first responders died so heroically, where an entire city still grieves.
You may not know this, but these people were killed by Jihadists - people who, whether you like it or not, are fighting for the religion of Islam.
This group - a few people no doubt, not the entire freaking religion, as you people are pretending - know all of this and could have simply, as a goodwill gesture on such an important topic, said "yeah,
that might not be respectful to those who have suffered, we'll do this somewhere else." What a positive gesture that would have been on such a sensitive topic.
There. I made the obvious answer even
more obvious. Clear as a bell. And believe me, I don't require your agreement, because I know how much energy the Regressive Left puts into spinning for the PC-Protected religion.
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