August 22, 2010
ALL THEY'RE MISSING IS THE BURNING CROSSES:
Anti-'Ground Zero mosque' protestors descend on downtown Park51 site (Erik Badia, Kate Nocera and Simone Weichselbaum, 8/22/10, NY DAILY NEWS)
Opponents chanted "No mosque, no way!" and carried signs reading, "9-11-01: Never Forget," as Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" blared over loudspeakers.Posted by Orrin Judd at August 22, 2010 12:34 PMOne group brought life-sized mock missiles with a dummy terrorist draped over top holding a sign that read: "Obama, your middle-name is Hussein, we understand. Bloomberg, what's your excuse." [...]
"I am nervous when people from outside our city come here and tell us how to live in our city," said Garth Silberstein, an Orthodox Jew from Crown Heights, who supports the project.
"This has to do with racism. It has nothing to do with Ground Zero. It's dangerous to think that freedom of religion only applies to your religion."
