President Obama, who resolutely refused to take a position on the wisdom of building a Muslim center two blocks from Ground Zero, has unequivocally said that he thinks Jones burning Korans is a terrible idea. The obvious difference is that he thinks lives aren’t at stake in the building of a mosque, but firmly believes Americans will be at risk in this display of contempt.
Meanwhile Jones is claiming that if someone from the White House or the government contacted him, he would “seriously reconsider.” This is coming across more and more like a low-rent cult leader looking for publicity than anything else.
And just so everyone’s clear on my position on this: I regard it the exact same way that I do flag burning. It’s protected speech, yet it doesn’t seem particularly constructive because the image is so inflammatory (no pun intended) that people are too busy getting pìššëd øff to listen to what you have to say.
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UPDATED 6:14 PM–So apparently Reverend Nutjob has decided to cool his jets, with the dubious claim that the builders of the proposed NY Muslim Center have agreed to find a new location. Whatever. Basically he got the publicity he sought, so mission accomplished.
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