A 12-year-old Sikh boy is the latest victim of racist terrorism paranoia

[Tilly]

The flip side will be when people fear saying something...and it is a bomb

The intelligent side is where the school administration determines that it's not a bomb.

It's not the job of admin to examine and determine whether something could be a bomb or not. Kabooooooom.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Who said it was?

The title of the thread?.

You think it would have been the same outcome had this kid been white with blonde hair and blue eyes, as opposed to looking like someone who could be Middle Eastern?

What I think is that (a) Islam is not a race, and (b) constantly playing the race card has long since jumped the shark into caricature.
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Is your answer yes or no? Bucs already agreed it wouldn't have happened if he was white and he sees nothing wrong with that.

"Could be Middle Eastern" is not a race, either.

Could be true, though. It's still not racist, it's profiling. Profiling is not racist, it's observation based on clues.
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And still dodging the question, so I guess we know your answer.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Islam isn't a race.

Who said it was?

The title of the thread?
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You think it would have been the same outcome had this kid been white with blonde hair and blue eyes, as opposed to looking like someone who could be Middle Eastern?

If he'd said he's going to blow up the school, I hope so.

Wasn't Dylan Roof blonde headed and white? Look at the carnage he created

 

[Mac1958]

The title of the thread?.

You think it would have been the same outcome had this kid been white with blonde hair and blue eyes, as opposed to looking like someone who could be Middle Eastern?

What I think is that (a) Islam is not a race, and (b) constantly playing the race card has long since jumped the shark into caricature.
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Is your answer yes or no? Bucs already agreed it wouldn't have happened if he was white and he sees nothing wrong with that.

"Could be Middle Eastern" is not a race, either.

Could be true, though. It's still not racist, it's profiling. Profiling is not racist, it's observation based on clues.
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And still dodging the question, so I guess we know your answer.

I answered your question. I said "could be".

I realize how badly you want to use the word "racist". It's just a shame that such an important word has become so diluted and trivialized by those who have so badly over-used it.
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[Arianrhod]

The flip side will be when people fear saying something...and it is a bomb

The intelligent side is where the school administration determines that it's not a bomb.

It's not the job of admin to examine and determine whether something could be a bomb or not. Kabooooooom.

It's the job of the administration to ask the accused student to explain what the backpack does. The administration might be extra-special-super-smart and find the thing for sale on Amazon.

Stupid is as stupid does.

 

[Pogo]

The only people who can really fix this are those in the religion.

Being terrified of them won't do it, neither will deflecting for them.

The religion has to be held accountable and face up to what is happening.

And what IS happening in the Sikh religion?

 

[Arianrhod]

Islam isn't a race.

Who said it was?

The title of the thread?
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You think it would have been the same outcome had this kid been white with blonde hair and blue eyes, as opposed to looking like someone who could be Middle Eastern?

If he'd said he's going to blow up the school, I hope so.

Wasn't Dylan Roof blonde headed and white? Look at the carnage he created

With a backpack?

 

[Mac1958]

The only people who can really fix this are those in the religion.

Being terrified of them won't do it, neither will deflecting for them.

The religion has to be held accountable and face up to what is happening.

And what IS happening in the Sikh religion?

Nothing. Everything is perfect.
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[pinqy]

Islam isn't a race.

Who said it was?

The title of the thread?
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You think it would have been the same outcome had this kid been white with blonde hair and blue eyes, as opposed to looking like someone who could be Middle Eastern?

Nope.

Pop quiz: Who was the last blonde hair/blue eyed suicide bomber?

When was the last Sikh suicide bomber?

 

[S.J.]

A one-sided story from a left wing hate site, full of unsubstantiated claims, assumptions, and innuendos. Shameless propaganda from a known propaganda site.

 

[Pogo]

Of course....DontTazeMeBro jumps to conclusions.

I honestly don't give a ****. If rag heads don't like it they can go clean up extremist rag heads themselves. **** em.

Afterall....the Obama Admin said "If you see something say something".

Well....a student saw something and said something. Happened to be a false alarm. Oh well.

The boy is Sikh not Muslim.

I didn't say Muslim. I said rag head.

The same "they all look alike to me" bullshit that caused you to put me in New York?

Dumb shit.

 

[Pogo]

...full of unsubstantiated claims, assumptions, and innuendos. Shameless propaganda from a known propaganda site.

But enough about your posts.

 

[Tilly]

Islam isn't a race.

Who said it was?

The title of the thread?
.

You think it would have been the same outcome had this kid been white with blonde hair and blue eyes, as opposed to looking like someone who could be Middle Eastern?

If he'd said he's going to blow up the school, I hope so.

Wasn't Dylan Roof blonde headed and white? Look at the carnage he created

Yep.

 

[koshergrl]

Looks like he got himself in trouble for joking where such joking is really a bad idea. Kinda like standing in line to be cleared by TSA and joking you have a bomb in your carry on luggage..........

Jimmy Fallon #stuffmydadsaid... "If I had a bomb do you really think I'd tell you" resulting in missed flight and being held for four hours.

Sometimes stupidity is its own reward.

 

[Pogo]

Here is what all your Islamophobic paranoia is doing to innocent people. Un-*******-real.

And of course it's no surprise this is in Texas.

Armaan had carried a “power bag” to school, meaning his backpack has a built-in battery charger for a cell phone. Numerous companies sell these bags, which are not cheap but popular enough to be sold out right now in several styles and categories on Amazon. “The student in front of me, who is the one who made the accusation. . . said that [the backpack] looked like a bomb,” [Armaan] Singh said, per a report in the Washington Post. “Then Friday. . . I came back to that period and he was in front of me again and he said ‘I’m going to go tell on you. I’m going to go tell on you and say all this stuff about you. I’m going to go tell on you.’ Singh said he laughed at the other student, who did the same.

But the other student wasn’t joking. He made good on his threat, telling the teacher that Armaan had a bomb. The teacher told the principal, who called the police, which came to school and “grabbed” him. Now at home because he’s been suspended from school, Armaan must wear an ankle monitor as he awaits his court date. Though he is twelve years old, it is currently unclear whether he’ll be tried as a juvenile or an adult, and what charges he will face for the crime of carrying a trendy backpack to school.

It’s the “clock kid” all over again: A 12-year-old Sikh boy is the latest victim of racist terrorism paranoia

That's not islamaphobia. That's just ignorance. There is no such thing as islamaphobia. Fear of muslim mass murder is based in the empirical.
There is only islamo-denial.

Well said. Not wanting to be blown up by Islamists is not irrational.

Even if that were logical, which it isn't --- what the **** would it have to do with Sikhs?

 

[S.J.]

...full of unsubstantiated claims, assumptions, and innuendos. Shameless propaganda from a known propaganda site.

But enough about your posts.

You're not addressing the topic.

 

[Tilly]

The flip side will be when people fear saying something...and it is a bomb

The intelligent side is where the school administration determines that it's not a bomb.

It's not the job of admin to examine and determine whether something could be a bomb or not. Kabooooooom.

It's the job of the administration to ask the accused student to explain what the backpack does. The administration might be extra-special-super-smart and find the thing for sale on Amazon.

Stupid is as stupid does.

If it were a bomb it could go off while their faffing around, eedjit. It's not the job of school staff to determine if something contains explosives or not. They could get everyone killed. They have only one course of action, especially where children's lives are at stake.

 

[Pogo]

...full of unsubstantiated claims, assumptions, and innuendos. Shameless propaganda from a known propaganda site.

But enough about your posts.

You're not addressing the topic.

Neither were you.

 

[koshergrl]

They wouldn't have him at him with a ankle bracelet if he hadn't done something. I imagine Cair is all over it.

 

[Ringel05]

Islam isn't a race.

Who said it was?

The title of the thread?
.

You think it would have been the same outcome had this kid been white with blonde hair and blue eyes, as opposed to looking like someone who could be Middle Eastern?

Nope.

Pop quiz: Who was the last blonde hair/blue eyed suicide bomber?

When was the last Sikh suicide bomber?

Uummmm, Sikhs use bombs as terrorism attacks back home and who said anything about "suicide" bomber?