I heard this on the radio, coming back from St. Louis a couple of weeks ago. (Normally I listen to NPR, but I heard this story on some right-wing show… or so it seemed).
Before I say anything else, I want to say: several times, when hearing her story, did I find myself saying “well, that seems too exagerrated to be the ‘full story’.” Overall, by the end of the radio show, I figured she probably overreacted, and actively (if subconsciously) drew some false conclusions.
Now that that’s out there, I feel I need to address this, from the very beginning of the thread:
Speaking of jumping to conclusions… while they might be uncommon to encounter, there are some people - myself included - who would be just as equally unsettled, had the “suspicious” passengers been white. Calling people like this “fucking liars” obviously serves no purpose, other than some kind of weird self-gratification (I guess… that is, I hope someone gets something out of it).
I agree that there are a lot of people who would overreact, and start going through dozens of scenarios in their heads once they see a group of Syrians, or arabs, or <insert other racial profile here>. I completely agree that this is wrong, and unfair to the “suspicious” passengers. Racial profiling = bad juju. And, as ElvisL1ves said:
A great big AMEN to that.
And finally…
That exact same thought went through my mind, when I was listening to this on the radio.
LilShieste