Word, man. That's what I've been saying.
This wouldn't even be a story in the national press without some islamophobic rightwing zealots flogging it 24/7, with an assist from Drudge, Fox News, et al. The misinformation is flying so fast and furious, that most americans at this point probably actually believe that its a mosque - not a community center - and that it is actually being built at "ground zero".
So, there's a lot of misinformed rubes shadow boxing something that is nothing more than a figment of their imagination..
That' exactly what Ron Paul said, and what I've been saying for weeks. This was orchestrated by bigots, and there was a campaign manufactured by bigots. If I'm crazy for saying this, then so is libertarian hero Ron Paul.
As far as I can tell, there are three groups of people against the mosque - the bigots, the bigot-enablers, and the dupes who've been so misinformed by rightwing propoganda, they don't even know what's going down. But it's all a function of - and creation of - islamophobic bigots. Per what Ron Paul said.