Heated confrontations have broken out in communities where mosques are proposed near far less hallowed locations than ground zero in New York City. Full Story »
Posted by Oliver Jones - via New York Times (Most Emailed), miker1717 (t)
I initially got steamed at the content of this article, then read it more closely. under closer reading it appears to be highly anecdotal and unnecessarily unflamatory. the implication is that intolerance towards muslims is on the rise. which it may well be. but quoting a few nutcases in a very small handful of local disputes only serves to make the nutcases seem much more powerful than they are, and the rest of us hysterical about the loss of traditional american acceptance of difference. as I said: maybe the trend is actually happening. but one can't tell from articles like this.
