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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSATIRE: Christian Man Kicked Off Airplane For Harassing Praying Islamic American
COASTLINE, NEVADA A spokesperson for Westerly Airlines addressed the growing controversy over a flight attendants decision to eject a Christian man from a flight shortly before takeoff last week. Susan Myers told reporters that the Westerly flight attendant made a decision based on his conclusion that the ejected passenger had become a direct threat to another passenger on the flight.
Just shortly before flight TK421 from Chicago to Seattle took off, Myers told the press, a flight attendant decided that a male passenger, in his late fifties, needed to be removed from the plane. The passenger in question had been in the view of our attendant become overtly hostile and aggressive toward a female passenger who was praying in the Muslim tradition.
Ms. Myers said that the Westerly flight attendant first became aware of 54-year-old Clem OConnell when he pressed his call button to alert the flight crew about someone he said was acting very suspiciously. When the flight attendant heard OConnells concerns, he tried to assuage them by telling Clem he had seen many Islamic Americans praying before flights, and that there was nothing to be worried about, Myers says Mr. OConnell wasnt satisfied. After another five minutes, he pressed the button again.
This is Satire
Just shortly before flight TK421 from Chicago to Seattle took off, Myers told the press, a flight attendant decided that a male passenger, in his late fifties, needed to be removed from the plane. The passenger in question had been in the view of our attendant become overtly hostile and aggressive toward a female passenger who was praying in the Muslim tradition.
Ms. Myers said that the Westerly flight attendant first became aware of 54-year-old Clem OConnell when he pressed his call button to alert the flight crew about someone he said was acting very suspiciously. When the flight attendant heard OConnells concerns, he tried to assuage them by telling Clem he had seen many Islamic Americans praying before flights, and that there was nothing to be worried about, Myers says Mr. OConnell wasnt satisfied. After another five minutes, he pressed the button again.
This is Satire
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SATIRE: Christian Man Kicked Off Airplane For Harassing Praying Islamic American (Original Post)
Feeling the Bern
Oct 2016
OP
This is satire, but these jingoistic cowboys know if they did it to a man, they'd get their punched
Feeling the Bern
Oct 2016
#3
linuxman
(2,337 posts)1. Isn't satire lounge material?
Just asking. Seems GD id pretty shitted up w/satire as is.
rurallib
(61,795 posts)5. no the Lounge is more for fart jokes
Satire usually goes under GD, unless it is making fun of farts.
JI7
(88,750 posts)2. Do most of the attacks against muslims appear to be men attacking muslim women ?
I'm sure there are other cases also. But most of the time is always a man attacking a female.
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)3. This is satire, but these jingoistic cowboys know if they did it to a man, they'd get their punched
so hard, their face would resemble their ass. So women are "easier" targets because, remember, in a sexist's mind, women are "weaker."
JI7
(88,750 posts)4. i think there actually a case of a muslim woman being attacked on a plane
I don't remember the details but i think it was kind of recent