safety. would obama have felt differently if the thing had looked like a gun? if ahmed brought that thing where obama s kids went to school, forget jail. he would be in the er for months. and try bringing a clock that looks like a bomb to the white house. actually, no, don t try it. you ve seen what they do to people who jump fences. so why is school safety a joke but president obama s isn t? because for him in the media, the story fits an assumption of an america that hates muslims. yet it s our fault for r reaeac when a kid brings a wired-up box that occurs in a state where things occur. if see something, say something is bigoted, i ll gladly risk the name calling. this is the thing that bugs me, k. g. if it s planned, i don t care.
american character and, you know, it s these kinds of young people who make me extraordinarily optimistic and hopeful about our future. that s the president welcoming three heroes who stopped a major terror attack. but what if that islamist on the train they just tackled was transporting a toy gun to his child for his birthday? those heroes would go to zeros before you could say islamaphobia. now we have a kid named ahmed bringing a clock to school that looked like a bomb. he was arrested for a hoax crime and looked like a star. so far the president invited him to the white house. awesome. i love happy endings. but here s a thought from the department of common sense. as individuals we can make our own decisions about our own