My conservative friends  first sent me emails about it.  They say, “How dare Muslims wipe the faces of Americans further in the tragedy of 9/11 by erecting a new 13-story mosque and community center a stone’s throw from Ground Zero in New York City!”
A very angry and pointed video arrived in my email that was venom-packed. Its point was  that the Muslims demonstrated the height of insensitivity and arrogance by encroaching on hallowed American turf and such affront should be rejected.
Did the survivors and people around the site where the World Trade Center once stood deserve …