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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.
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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.
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