To follow up on this morning’s Ground Zero Mosque freewrite, a shot of Ground Zero with a sentiment I’d hope most of us could agree on — at least in theory. It was erected by Glen E. Friedman and Russell Simmons in 2004, and this note from Glen really sums it all up for me:

We are New Yorkers who lived through the events on September 11th 2001. We are American citizens. Our messages honor the core values of communication, love, and understanding. It is every free thinking person’s duty to speak out against these bullies who force average citizens to forget about their own worth and pride in the society they helped to create.