Perhaps psychologists should say that a lasting emotional reaction to serious tradgedy isn't madness nor islamophobia, and that the tough "SHOULD be open minded" Americans need to be treated with care and respect also. Perhaps, as some have suggested, it's too soon, and/or the location should be other than particularly close to ground zero.
--Mike On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Paul Brandon <paul.bran...@mnsu.edu> wrote: > > > And of course there have been protests of mosques in cities far from New > York. > And it's hard to see how a Pastor in rural Florida could be afraid of an > Islamic center in NYC. > Paul Brandon > Emeritus Professor of Psychology > Minnesota State University, Mankato > paul.bran...@mnsu.edu > On Sep 11, 2010, at 7:11 AM, Beth Benoit wrote: > > > Which, of course, would be neither at Ground Zero nor is it a mosque. But > the loudest protesters seem to have overlooked that. Go figure... > Beth Benoit > Granite State College > Plymouth State University > New Hampshire > > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 4:31 AM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie > <helw...@dickinson.edu> wrote: >> >> It seems that there are lots of lessons/topics for a psychologist to >> discuss in class with respect to the current 'islamaphobia'. Of course such >> a discussion could be structured around social psychological work on >> prejudice and discrimination but also emotions in general. This author >> suggests that fear and not prejudice is the cause of opposition to the >> Not-at-Ground-Zero Mosque. >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/opinion/05kristof.html?src=me&ref=general > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: tipsl...@gmail.com. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f4720fb&n=T&l=tips&o=4733 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-4733-13541.42a7e8017ab9578358f118300f472...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4734 or send a blank email to leave-4734-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
