Comprehending the "ground-zero" issue

I ask you to close your eyes and imagine that someone came up to you and asked you, " Are you in favor of the "ground-zero" mosque?"
Immediately, the work 'mosque' activates a flashing red alarm in your head. Horrible ideas and memories chase themselves around in your mind. Terrorists, 9/11, killers, the image of your family member dying in the rubble.
"NO!"
You immediately reply trying to banish these thoughts away. But let me just ask you one thing. Have you really gone up to a Muslim person and asked them what their values are? Have you really researched and looked into the details of the so called "ground-zero" mosque? Have you ever once thought that by acting in such a prejudiced manner, you might be tearing down everything that this country stands for? The answer to most of these questions is NO.
America is said to be "The Land of the Free", and is said to have "rights for all", but clearly we are going against limits.
In fact, what was proposed to be built was a community center, rec area, and other community services center, and was going to be used as a mosque on the side. In addition, this "mosque" as it is portrayed in the media, seems that it will be built ON ground zero, but in fact it is proposed to be built SEVERAL BLOCKS AWAY FROM ground zero. If this distance isn't okay than what is? Another boro? Another state? Another COUNTRY? Muslims do not deserve to be slowly but surely shoved out of this country.
I'm not saying that what happened on September 11, 2001 was a good thing, but that we Americans must not be tricked by the media, or be prejudice enough to believe that one certain group of people are just BAD and everyone coming from this group of any age is also labeled BAD by the American people.
Some are so blinded by prejudice that it leads them to do awful things. In NYC, a young man was riding in a taxi cab, and asked the cab driver if he was Muslim. When the cab driver replied "Yes", the man took out a knife and began slashing the cab driver with it viciously. The cab driver was injured in several places, like on his neck, face, and arms all of which he had to go to the hospital and get stitches for.

I'm not accusing anyone, or trying to tell anyone that they don't know what's going on. All I'm saying is to think critically and fairly. Then make your decision.