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Old 10-30-2010, 06:32 PM   #123 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by matthew330 View Post
And I never said one muslim man is going to get me nervous. If I see multiple men traveling together who all (let me use Juans words) are first and foremost identifying themselves as Muslim - I will be more aware of their behavior than granny two seats up. If you think that's bigoted, you're idiotic. I'm done pointing out the obvious - you'll never get it because your much too concerned with proving to yourselves I'm bigoted.

Painful...oh so painful.
But that doesn't even make sense. You're just being foolish if you think the next airplane bomber is going to be garishly playing the "Check me out, I'm a devout muslim" card. That would be idiotic. Chances are, if a passenger is "muslim in appearance" that person will have already received 5 times as much scrutiny as you or I would ever receive at an airport.

I don't think you're a bigot. You're just someone who's been goaded by fear into embracing irrational suspicions of his fellow countrymen. It's pretty standard stuff, though if you'd like you can write me off as a liberal so you don't have to think about what I wrote.
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