NYT Calls New Yorkers 'Appalling' for Opposing Ground Zero Mosque

The New York Times Friday called many of its readers "appalling" for their opposition to the Ground Zero mosque.

As NewsBusters reported moments ago, the Times released a new poll Friday finding that 67 percent of New York City residents are against the proposed location for the Islamic center.

At the same time, the Gray Lady, clearly not concerned about offending its dwindling number of patrons, chose to insult portions of its remaining readership with the following editorial:

It has always been a myth that New York City, in all its dizzying globalness, is a utopia of humanistic harmony. The city has a bloody history of ethnic and class strife. [...]

The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island are two pinnacles of American openness to the outsider. New Yorkers like to think they are a perfect fit with their city.

Tolerance, however, isn't the same as understanding, so it is appalling to see New Yorkers who could lead us all away from mosque madness, who should know better, playing to people's worst instincts.

That includes Carl Paladino and Rick Lazio, Republicans running for governor who have disgraced their state with histrionics about the mosque being a terrorist triumph. And Rudolph Giuliani, who cloaks his opposition to the mosque as "sensitivity" to 9/11 families without acknowledging that this conflates all prayerful Muslims with terrorists, a despicable conclusion. [...]

New Yorkers, like other Americans, have a way to go.

That's a heckuva way to treat your patrons as well as prospective customers.

Is it any wonder this company's stock is trading close to a 26-year low?