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Related: About this forumGeorge Takei: We have to call these people out. Doing my part here.
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George Takei
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We have to call these people out. Doing my part here.
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No they're not humans, they are Muslims. A Muslim woman was targeted with a racial tirade while she was shopping with her husband in a grocery store in Florida. Nahla Ebaid, an Egyptian American, recorded the incident after the attacker began hurling racial slurs at her.
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George Takei: We have to call these people out. Doing my part here. (Original Post)
soothsayer
Apr 2021
OP
I'll take those Egyptian folk as neighbors ANY DAY over the likes of Ms. Ukraine
Skittles
Apr 2021
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I_UndergroundPanther
(12,462 posts)1. When do we start arresting these
Assholes for disorderly conduct?
elleng
(130,822 posts)2. Up to local jurisdictions.
'Immediately' would be good.
ShazzieB
(16,348 posts)3. The only good part was *spoiler alert*
seeing her in handcuffs at the end.
I also liked when the cop asked her why she didn't go back to Ukraine. (Since she thought the Muslim family should go back where THEY came from.)
Evil shrieking demon woman.
soldierant
(6,836 posts)4. This makes an excellent point,
one which I keep ranting about but apparently few "get"
They aren't acting the way they do to other humans. In their minds, the people that are harassing and attacking are NOT human.
It's extremely rare to come across one who is aware enough to put it into words and therefore admit it..
Skittles
(153,138 posts)5. it is the same mindset that allowed the Holocaust to happen
sickening
Skittles
(153,138 posts)6. Where are you from, from? Ukraine
why don't you go back to Ukraine?
score one for the cop
soldierant
(6,836 posts)8. Yes, that was unexpected and a bright spot.
Skittles
(153,138 posts)9. I'll take those Egyptian folk as neighbors ANY DAY over the likes of Ms. Ukraine
absolutely