NO, It's their way of saying they have zero intention of assimilating and that their numbers will grow.
I live in a city with an international airport. I think of 9/11 each time I see a plane, and I offer a "Be safe" in thought.
I flew as soon as the planes were back in the air after that dark day; was I nervous? A bit. However, realistically, I also felt that a repeat of those horrid actions would not be happening again so soon.
I don't believe planes will be used again for a terrorist attack; but I also don't believe that we are completely safe. The fear of flying (no, not that one:2razz is not the worst thing the average citizen can be concerned with today.
Then again, I fly Southwest. Who the heck would even bother with those planes? Seriously - mess with those passengers?:shock:
Ned Racine said:Those who admire Lenin & Trotsky & Co - 90 years after the Workers Paradise was established. Now , them YOU consider Sane - Right????
None of the 9/11 hijackers were wearing "Muslim garb" when they boarded the planes. Thus, your emotional response is completely ridiculous.
Juan Williams was released from NPR for his partisan role at Fox News, which precludes any attempt at being an objective reporter for NPR. Anyways, I'm fine with it, because what he said was stupid.
Anyways, tldr the thread but how many conservatives were up in arms over this? How many of those cheered the sacking of Helen Thomas?
It's not common sense to have an emotional reaction to a muslim on a flight, with no evidence of a threat of harm. It's a purely trauma-related response to a major event that had a huge emotional impact on all of us who were adults at that point in time.
It's not rational, it just is. What Williams did wrong was to make that comment, and then not clarify that he regrets that emotional response. Any of us can have a fear response. However, holding on to racial/ethnic/religious bias is wrong.
There's no comparison between the two. Juan is not a bigot and Helen Thomas is.
LOL yes he's not a bigot he's just scared of Muslims. Nothing bigoted about that!
LOL yes he's not a bigot he's just scared of Muslims. Nothing bigoted about that!
He gets nervous, anxious, worried when ON A PLANE with them. He knows it's not logical and that most Muslims are good people.
However, according to the polls, most people also have those same feelings or thoughts of 9/11 when flying with Muslims. Are there really that many bigots in America?
Honestly, if I knew there were 4 or 5 Muslim men on a flight ahead of time, I'd cancel my flight, lose the money and take the bus. Juan Williams, O'Reilly, all those journalists know there are no truly moderate Muslims. They stick together. They are dangerous and we'd be wise to be wary of them all. If there are truly moderate Muslims why have we not found Bin Laden. Ans: They will never give him up because they love him. He's their hero.
All these lovey dovey liberals need to start living in the real world. It's a dog eat dog world, and when something walks like a duck, talks like a duck, it's probably a duck.
Joy, Whoopie, Barbara need to start having at least one Muslim a day on their show, and ask them some tough questions. We'll see where that goes.
Do you get nervous when you notice people in Muslim garb on your airplane?
LOL yes he's not a bigot he's just scared of Muslims. Nothing bigoted about that!
Everything you just posted is wrong and you should feel very, very bad about it.
No, that would be silly.
The last time I flew- when I went to see my son graduate from Basic- there were people in Muslim garb on my plane.
My dad and I sort of joked that they might make other people- ignorant people- nervous.
They definitely didn't make me nervous though.
You have to be Ignorant to worry about being Killed (????)
They should feel bad for what their people did to us, yet I haven't heard a lot of moderates coming out saying how awful it was.
This, as offtopic as it may be, keeps me wondering: Why is it that the Christians, etc as a whole haven't been held to the same standard and made to "feel bad" or "apologize" for the many many extreme and violent acts in the last few decades [even within our own borders]?
YES, there are Plenty: Such as those outraged ove Bush Sr. appointing a Black Conservative to the SCOTUS.
Actually they are not visible - YOU know that - and most others have no knowledge they are being worn. In short the Loyalty of Mormons is not the issue here.