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Opposition to Ground Zero Mosque Reaches Its Nadir

A lot of crazy things have been said in the debate over a plan to build a mosque and community center two blocks from ground zero. None of them, however, captures the irony of allowing the 9/11 terrorists to scare us into abandoning a core American value such as religious tolerance as much as this: Houston radio host Michael Berry said today that he hopes somebody blows up the mosque. That’ll show the terrorists who the real terrorists are! Wait, what? [Think Progress]

Opposition to Ground Zero Mosque Reaches Its Nadir