240,000 dollars awarded to man forced to cover Arab T-shirt

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

My ancestors were Sicilian, not Italian.

And yes, had that happened right after the white people killed the Native Americans, hell yeah they should be scared. Should African Americans be scared if a skinhead came through their neighborhood? Should Jewish people be scared if a Nazi came through theirs?

Yes this has nothing to do with the topic at hand. But oh well. Being attacked for my thoughts and beliefs is fun.

I was scared and pissed off when I was walking down the Vegas strip after Christmas and some arabs/palestinians/middle-easterners shouted "Death to Israel" to some Jews who were simply driving down the strip wishing people happy holidays and a happy new year (a nice gesture that had nothing to do with politics or current issues). Husband and I moved to the other side of the strip in both fear of something happening and fear of what we may say in anger to spark an argument/dispute.

I will stand up and support PM_Mama on this issue.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

I was scared and pissed off when I was walking down the Vegas strip after Christmas and some arabs/palestinians/middle-easterners shouted "Death to Israel" to some Jews who were simply driving down the strip wishing people happy holidays and a happy new year (a nice gesture that had nothing to do with politics or current issues). Husband and I moved to the other side of the strip in both fear of something happening and fear of what we may say in anger to spark an argument/dispute.

I will stand up and support PM_Mama on this issue.

Apples and oranges.

The people that you are talking about were exercising their free speech (in English) in a manner that was overtly confrontational and meant to incite negative emotion. "We will not be silent" is not so clear and is being interpreted as saying something that it may not. If that tshirt had said "gummy bears are awesome" in Arabic, people would have still been afraid. "Gummy bears" would have been interpreted as a code word for suicide plane bombers.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

I was scared and pissed off when I was walking down the Vegas strip after Christmas and some arabs/palestinians/middle-easterners shouted "Death to Israel" to some Jews who were simply driving down the strip wishing people happy holidays and a happy new year (a nice gesture that had nothing to do with politics or current issues). Husband and I moved to the other side of the strip in both fear of something happening and fear of what we may say in anger to spark an argument/dispute.

I will stand up and support PM_Mama on this issue.

Hmm. You don't think recent Israeli activities in Palestine would have anything to do with their sentiment, huh? Could you tell whether or not they were Palestinian? (Wearing garments, usually scarves or headscarves that are white and black checked with red, black, and green accents?) Regardless of whether or not they were Palestinian, Palestine holds religious significance for Muslims, Jews, and Christians, and honestly I don't think any one world group has any more of a legitimate claim to the area.

The day after New Years, my friend and I went shopping down on Michigan Avenue. There were probably 500-700 Palestinians that were protesting Israeli activity against Hamas and US support of those airstrikes. What worried me more than their chants of "Free Palestine!" were the Israelis across the river. Who were shouting at the Palestinians. And it's not like they were shouting "excuse me you're wrong hi look at us let's reason..."

It reminded me of those videos of Obama supporters at McCain rallies or McCain supporters at Obama rallies.

ETA: I realize that I'm a little misleading with the scarves/headscarves thing. They don't wear them all the time. And the headscarves thing is usually for higher ups. Normally what you'll see is a checked (looking) strip of cloth worn around the neck. If the group is big enough (I'd say 4-5 or more) you'll usually see at least one of these cloth things. I wish I could describe them better. The women will be wearing regular headscarves (in solid colors).