Islam in America

The rancor about the proposed Mosque/Visitor Center near Ground Zero is obviously all about hate.
And, while I actually agree with those against placing the Center at that location, my motives are, I think, more along the practical lines.
Regardless of the professed motives of those behind the concept, such a center would, in fact, become a "Holy Site" to those who adhere to the anti-American philosophy.
Those who danced and cheered to the music of destruction when the Towers fell. Such is the cultural posture of the violent sectarians.
Which, Apparently, Americans are beginning to mirror.
Despite the rhetoric of Freedom of Religion, Press, Speech, etc., the media is now full of HateSpeak from all corners of American Society.
Does no one remember the early days of WWII, when the army and police rounded up everyone who even looked Japanese and crowded them into Concentration Camps?
When vicious attacks on innocent people who just happened to look like someone's idea of the enemy were commonplace and rarely prosecuted?
What of the many years after the Civil War right up to the 1960's and even after that lynching, torturing and just plain killing blacks was not just commonplace, but an accepted practice in some parts of the country.
It is all a reprise of the Infidel Factor.
The concept is one of reverse solidarity. i.e., If you don't belong to my group, club, religion, political faction or whatever, then you JUST DON'T MATTER!
I/We can do anything we want to you because you JUST DON'T MATTER!
You can't practice your religion here in my town, my state, my country, because you JUST DON'T MATTER!

Well, those people are WRONG!
The framers of the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States may have been Christians, hence their over free use of references to their God, but the concept of religious freedom depicted in those crucial documents was not and is not exclusive. It is INCLUSIVE.
Religious freedom is and should be for ALL THE PEOPLE. Across the spectrum of religious beliefs without exception.
To those who preach hate, from either side, GET OVER YOURSELF!
To those who attack people for so called religious reasons, GET OVER YOURSELF!
To those who attack random individuals for "patriotic reasons", GET OVER YOURSELF!
To those who condemn religions other than their own, for that reason alone, GET OVER YOURSELF!
There are crazy people all over the world. America is no exception. Crazy people do crazy things. Watch TRU TV for an hour or two, you'll see that.
Direct your animosity where it needs to be. At the source. The Taliban. Al Qaeda. The KKK. The American Nazi Party. Fundamentalist Fanatics wherever they are.
Oh, and don't forget the French.
Just because.
That was an attempt to lighten the mood, I am no fan of the French, but have nothing personal against them, so don't hate them just because I said so, please.
I am no fan of religion either, but I don't encourage bigotry of any sort.
Think about your reasons before acting rashly. You might be able to see the holes in your own logic.
Thank you for your time.