Remember when the fate of America and/or Christianity rested on whether an Islamic community center would be built somewhere close to both ground zero and a strip club? Seems like a long time ago, doesn’t it? The threat is technically still hanging over us, yet for some reason it doesn’t seem to bother the bloviators anymore. TPM reports that Judicial Watch is still pursuing a mosque related FOIA request, but this paragraph struck me:
Judicial Watch filed a request under New York’s Freedom of Information Law, or FOIL, back in August, when the street outside the Park51 Islamic center was packed daily with protesters and Islamophobia in general was rising throughout America. The furor over the project has died down considerably since, with only the fiercest anti-mosque folks voicing opposition.
The “mosque” is yesterday’s news. It has served its purpose; having ratcheted up the fear and loathing going into the election. Suddenly, all those Fox commentators that felt so threatened have other things to worry about, likely things that actually strike closer to their own homes, like tax cuts for themselves and their rich friends. But we should have no fear that the fear and loathing has come to an end. Come 2012 new threats from the other will appear, and the attention of this ADD nation will be diverted once again, in service to the interests of the upper 2%.
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