Hernán Cortés, Republicans and the alto cu

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The historical figure who had fallen out of grace with the Royal Court, Hernán Cortés, needed funding for his nefarious plan to conquer what today is known as Mexico. One of his tactics was to flat out lie. When he saw this



he described it as a Muslim temple. This tactic worked as the Royal Court feared Muslims would take over the New World.

One of his men, Bernal Díaz, would later write in his "Historia verdadera" that the building was called a "cu" and was not Muslim at all. His account may be one of the earliest of the voice of the common man.

This is important because today's Republicans, just as the lying Cortés was, are hell bent on whipping up hysteria to gain fame for their cause. They are trying to call a humble community center in New York, a mosque.

Will we let them get away with it?