Whenever something bad happens on the news. The local jewelry store's been robbed or a man was found dead in Alabama. I automatically think, I hope a Muslim didn't do it. Not poor store or poor man's family. But. I hope he's not a Muslim. Do you hope that a bad psycho on the news is not Christian or Buddhist or Jewish or Hindu or atheist or gay or a woman or transexual? Possibly.
Do you know what it's like to want people not just to believe that you're a good person but that your family is good. Your community is good. Your nation is good. Your people are good?
Possibly.
Muslims live in more fear of being prosecuted than do most terrorist fearing, terrorist hating, Americans.
Possibly.
I'm tired of constantly reading about more Muslim hating people and what they have to say about us. I'm tired of trying to correct ignorant people who aren't willing to change. I'm tired of not having an effect on these people. I'm tired of being afraid.
The ground zero mosque isn't really at ground zero and isn't a triumphant trophy of our success there. That's disgusting. Palestine and Hamas aren't an evil crude bunch of terrorists that want all Israelis to die. They just want their country back. Pakistan doesn't deserve the sluggish help they've been receiving, or rather not receiving, from the UN for it's flood victims. They are humans after all.
Do you know what it's like to be hated by a majority of the American population?
Possibly.
Well, do you know how to deal with it?
The night before I moved into the dorm, I went into my aunt's hotel room with her husband and my mom. She was watching Fox news and they were talking about the mosque, but talking about it like Fox news does. I said something about how it's not just a mosque, but a general community center, too. She went kind of psycho, half yelling "They're spinning it!" and then she ranted about it for a minute. I didn't know what to say, either. :/
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