Can two thirds of liberal New Yorkers be radical extremists?

The people who live closest to Ground Zero, in Manhattan, favor building it by 51%. The support drops in the other boroughs.

Also - support correlates very closely to the respondent’s education level. Survey Results

The center’s developers, and its defenders, have sought to portray opponents as a small but vocal group.

And these developers are the “dialogue and understanding” advocates?

The poll, however, reveals a more complicated portrait of the opposition in New York: 67 percent said that while Muslims had a right to construct the center near ground zero, they should find a different site.

They needed research to get the point?  Why couldn’t they just listen ?  But I am glad this is in print.  The whole point is the location, not the right to build mosques or anything else.

Most strikingly, 38 percent of those who expressed support for the plan to build it in Lower Manhattan said later in a follow-up question that they would prefer it be moved farther away, suggesting that even those who defend the plan question the wisdom of the location.

Reasonable people abound but are shouted down in our crazy times.

The question is what “educated” means.  Credentialed?  Degreed by an academic institution with a closed system in which parroting the jargon is rewarded?  “Education” doesn’t mean as much as it once did.

I have a doctorate and I think a mosque at ground zero is an incredibly stupid idea. Of course, I’m probably just a bigot from the South.

Why do so many articles written about the Islamic Center include so little information about the Muslims who plan to build the Center?
I realize that it may be difficult to get interviews, but can’t a few intrepid reporters get interviews or at least a little information from the Muslims who plan to build the Center?
It gets tiresome to look for real news on the Islamic Center and get nothing but lazy, cheap shots at Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich.

#5 Fortunately, it’s not at Ground Zero.  It’s in an old Burlington coat factory.  “Ground Zero Mosque” is a media invention, designed to create controversy.

What really matters is what the people in Tribeca think.  They’re the ones who will live with the Mosque.  Those who visit Ground Zero need never pass the Mosque.

John Wilkins, I am under the impression that a Mosque is going to be part of the Islamic center and that is why the center is protected by U.S. laws supporting religious freedom. Please correct me if a Mosque is not part of plans for the center.
It seems to me that because of the triumph of the Muslim Terrorists on 9/11, it is inevitable that the Islamic Center, which is near to ground zero, will draw Islamic Terrorist visitors to it. I hope our government will be vigilant in protecting not only the neighborhood but also our country from terrorist activity.