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| Re: Discrimination Against Muslim Americans [message #63455 is a reply to message #63454] |
Tue, 20 July 2010 15:30   |
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Wayne Parham
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Registered: January 2001
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Well, sure, but that side-steps the issue. It is beside the point, and I would say naively, even dangerously beside the point. Of course, not all terrorists are Muslim. Of course!
But some are, and they should be racially profiled, in my opinion. If you see a guy in traditional Muslim attire with an angry look, watch him! Don't get all politically correct and ignore him, that's stupid. Same thing goes for a bizarrely focused white guy, a skinhead with Nazi tattoos. Or a black guy with gang colors, harassing people and giving attitude. All of these are the kinds of people that common sense and some natural street smarts would tell you to watch.
Common sense profiling should never be labeled as discrimination. Just like you can go too far one way, like locking up everyone of a certain nationality in an internment camp, you can also go too far the other way, overcompensating, and allowing unreasonable attitudes to be given too much attention. That's my opinion, anyway.
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| Re: Discrimination Against Muslim Americans [message #64535 is a reply to message #63455] |
Thu, 28 October 2010 08:12 |
DJ Dave
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Registered: October 2010
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Many people just can't help but cringe when they see Muslims, and it's because of the fear that came out of what happened on 9/11. Now Muslims are being sterotyped the same way that others have been wrongly stereotyped through the ages. Unfortunately, it takes re-educating as these fears stem from ignorance. Ignorance, of course, meaning "not knowing". Many Americans question what Muslims are taught and what the general feeling towards America is. This was no small incident, so the "teaching" will not be easy, either.
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