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GusBob

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3. Clarify: not a neighbor

Reply to cigsandcoffee (Original post)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 01:56 PM

Dec 2015

"a man that was working in the area"

Sounds like the neighbor had no idea

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Man in neighborhood did not want to racially profile Farook [View all] cigsandcoffee Dec 2015 OP

Twas NOT the neighbor, but a man working in the area,,,,, benld74 Dec 2015 #1

Good catch. Doesn't really change anything, though. cigsandcoffee Dec 2015 #2

What would you report? I am honestly curious. uppityperson Dec 2015 #5

Don't know, really. I suppose that I'd report feeling suspicious, the way this guy apparently did. cigsandcoffee Dec 2015 #18

Lots of packages? Where did you get that? GusBob Dec 2015 #39

My friend is off Scotch-Danish ancestry 5 generations back but has tanned skin, dark hair, bushy uppityperson Dec 2015 #58

Well, exactly. What DO you report? And let's say the cops actually rolled up Nay Dec 2015 #40

Why don't you change your OP headline to be less false? nt greyl Dec 2015 #10

OK, done. Don't really see how it makes much of a difference. n/t cigsandcoffee Dec 2015 #19

Clarify: not a neighbor GusBob Dec 2015 #3

He did racially profile them, just didn't report that there were middle eastern men staying in uppityperson Dec 2015 #4

How did the person know they were Middle Eastern men? blogslut Dec 2015 #6

I'm guessing because they looked Middle Eastern. n/t cigsandcoffee Dec 2015 #20

What does Middle Eastern look like? blogslut Dec 2015 #34

Google can help you with this: cigsandcoffee Dec 2015 #44

Haha blogslut Dec 2015 #45

Like....I dunno...A Middle Eastern dude theboss Dec 2015 #50

So... blogslut Dec 2015 #52

I didn't mention Austrians. I assume all Austrians look like the Von Trapp family. theboss Dec 2015 #55

There are no black people in Australia? Seriously? uppityperson Dec 2015 #59

All Australians look like Greg Norman and Olivia Newton John theboss Dec 2015 #60

Ah, you fall back on the "I didn't mean it, was only joking" to excuse bigotry? Huh. Nt uppityperson Dec 2015 #62

No, I mean it. theboss Dec 2015 #65

"911, what's your emergency?" alcibiades_mystery Dec 2015 #7

Things like this could pretty much paralyze law enforcement. bklyncowgirl Dec 2015 #9

Exactly. Iggo Dec 2015 #35

This is a slippery slope philosslayer Dec 2015 #8

Naw, it's a fucking cliff Cal Carpenter Dec 2015 #16

As it turns out, though, they were up to no good. His suspicions were sound. n/t cigsandcoffee Dec 2015 #21

How do we know that? VMA131Marine Dec 2015 #32

you know this how, exactly? 0rganism Dec 2015 #43

I live across the street from a Muslim family and there are many in my neighborhood. ScreamingMeemie Dec 2015 #11

It's sickening to think, but this shooting will actually help Trump's call to "register all Muslims" Bucky Dec 2015 #12

Really? You can imagine how the 'neighbor' felt? Cal Carpenter Dec 2015 #13

You do understand these people did actually kill 14 people, right? cigsandcoffee Dec 2015 #22

Okay, I'll play Cal Carpenter Dec 2015 #24

Something unusual in the neighborhood's history nt flamingdem Dec 2015 #27

The guy quoted doesn't live in the neighborhood. How would he know? Cal Carpenter Dec 2015 #28

Here's the thing, though. cigsandcoffee Dec 2015 #41

Here's the other thing, though Cal Carpenter Dec 2015 #48

Of course. Any sane person can see that melman Dec 2015 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author GusBob Dec 2015 #57

Is being Pakistani middle east or Indian? I always thought Indian. LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #29

South Asian Cal Carpenter Dec 2015 #31

Ok. I said Indian as they were formed from a part of India, but South Asian makes more sense I guess LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #36

I think here in the US we use middle eastern to describe a larger area than the people Cal Carpenter Dec 2015 #42

You are more than correct. I can not imagine a Pakistani would tolerate being called Indian at all. LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #47

I was told Pakistan is derived from Persian, Arab, Kurdish, and Indian. SolutionisSolidarity Dec 2015 #38

The country of Pakistan developed from India. elleng Dec 2015 #51

Sorry, these folks that go to the middle east and come back redstateblues Dec 2015 #53

A man that was working in the area. Sissyk Dec 2015 #14

OK, I did. What difference does it make? n/t cigsandcoffee Dec 2015 #23

Well, now it looks like you may have read the article before posting. n/t Sissyk Dec 2015 #25

LOL Cal Carpenter Dec 2015 #33

Fair enough. n/t cigsandcoffee Dec 2015 #46

Did this suspicious neighbor actually witness anything, you know, suspcious? Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2015 #15

Seriously. Matariki Dec 2015 #37

I'm a renter surrounded by wealthy people. Starry Messenger Dec 2015 #17

Suspects left three explosive devices rigged to a remote-controlled toy car inside at the Inland Reg flamingdem Dec 2015 #26

Since most suspects in mass shootings are young white men, maybe that's where we should profile. Glassunion Dec 2015 #30

So...Middle-Eastern-looking people aren't allowed to have visitors? jeff47 Dec 2015 #54

What nonsense ... Trajan Dec 2015 #56

Sounds like a racist creep who wants his 15 minutes to me philosslayer Dec 2015 #61

Racial profiling fear stopped neighbor reporting suspects Heeeeers Johnny Dec 2015 #63

Thanks for elaborating on the info in the OP Cal Carpenter Dec 2015 #68

14 dead and for what? Racial guilt? LittleBlue Dec 2015 #64

And report what, exactly? A middle eastern couple has visitors who are middle eastern? jeff47 Dec 2015 #66

It does not sound like they saw anything really suspicious karynnj Dec 2015 #67