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| The mosque and the failure to rebuild |
| 2010-08-20 |
| Elizabeth Scalia ("The Anchoress"), First Things ...I believe that’s really what all the controversy comes down to: the unspoken pronouncement of America as a horse so weakened, she cannot find the spirit to rebuild where she should have, the overall message the gaping hole at Ground Zero sends of defeat, and disorder. It’s a notion so uncomfortable that I’ve had a few emails from people calling me “Un-American” for suggesting there has been any failure at all. But yes–as Obama would say, “make no mistake”–our inability to rebuild on site has been a failure and it is wholly our own failure, no one else’s. It is a failure of leadership, drive and vision. It is a paralysis of politics, pandering and passivity. Had we rebuilt, this mosque project would not be on anyone’s radar. My point seemed to be lost on others, too, who were so quick to crouch into predictable parroting posture and start squawking “bigot! racists! Islamophobes! Bwwwark!” that they missed my criticism. I got hate mail from them, too, telling me I was Un-American for being an Un-American Christianist Nazi Un-American Idiot Poopyhead. My hate mail from right and left tends to be very similar, but the people on the left use bigger words and curse more.... |
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