One Sided Tolerance

CNN’s Rich Sanchez show is reporting that General Petraeus has chastised a church in Florida and its preacher, Terry Jones, not to carry out its scheduled September 11th burning of the Koran. General Petraeus believes that such an act of the burning of the Koran would put the troops stationed in the Afghan theatre in danger, but even if there were no troops in harms way, I would still strongly recommend that Pastor Jones not undertake or disrespect the Muslim bible and faith. This is what tolerance is about notwithstanding the church’s right to carry out this burning under our Constitutional First Amendment’s rights. What you did not conveniently hear from Mr. Sanchez is the obvious juxtaposition of the mosque scheduled to be erected in the vicinity of the Ground Zero to Pastor Jones’ scheduled 911 burning of the Koran.

This mosque scheduled to be erected down at Ground Zero is surely the right of Muslims to build it, as is their rights under the Constitution - but all that are convenient under our Constitution should not always be had. Where are the talking heads and pundits who have deemed everyone who opposed the building of the Ground Zero mosque as racist? It is their wont to be typically taciturn or loudly quiet when tolerance is asked of others, but they are vociferous if the proverbial shoe is on the other foot. Just like how Pastor Jones down in Florida should forgo his Constitutional right to protest - which includes his choice of burning the Koran - so too must the advocates of the Ground Zero mosque find another site to erect their place of worship.

Like Mr. Sanchez, the rest of the biased media will not make the obvious, academic juxtaposition of what is scheduled down in Florida to the scheduled erection of the Ground Zero mosque. I cannot wait to hear the tortured logic that will excuse the juxtaposition… but yet still give credence and deference to the advocates of the Ground Zero mosque… rationalizing why those who lost loved one on 911 should put their feelings aside for the Muslims First Amendment’s right to assemble and worship. I will say again that tolerance is a two-way street, notwithstanding the like of Rick Sanchez and the media in general bias.