charlie, you are equating two things that are utterly opposed to each other: a deliberate act of contempt for another religion (Koran burning) with the building a community center to promote peace across religions. Nice try, but no. That’s false “reasonableness.”
Either we believe in freedom of religion or we don’t. If yes: build the community center. Either we believe in freedom of expression or we don’t. If yes: burn the Koran if you must. Fine. But don’t pretend that building the community center is a hateful act when it isn’t – and the Koran-burning is.
charlie, you are equating two things that are utterly opposed to each other: a deliberate act of contempt for another religion (Koran burning) with the building a community center to promote peace across religions. Nice try, but no. That’s false “reasonableness.” Either we believe in freedom of religion or we don’t. If yes: build the community center. Either we believe in freedom of expression or we don’t. If yes: burn the Koran if you must. Fine. But don’t pretend that building the community center is a hateful act when it isn’t – and the Koran-burning is.