I can’t decide if I’m proud of this lady for coming so close to telling this jackass that he’s an idiot, or if I’m disappointed in her for not screaming it at him. Also, the whole point might be made moot by the fact that Fox News booked this guy probably knowing full well what he was going to say. So having her tell him that strip searching every Muslim man that walks through an airport is maybe not the best idea seems like it may just be a thinly veiled attempt to get the idea out there and at the same time save face by not actually proposing it themselves. Or maybe not.

Regardless, can we talk about this for a second? Near the end he says he doesn’t want racial profiling. Then he proceeds to describe what he does want. Which is exactly racial profiling or I suppose religious profiling if we’re getting technical, just without using those words. And even he seems to be struggling through his explanation without using the word race or religion. Also, about a minute in he says that if 18 to 28 year old Muslim men don’t like being profiled “what are they doing to stop this jihad against the West?” Are you kidding me? They’re not violating the rights of other people, for a start. If just because some crazy Christian attacked an abortion clinic we started strip searching every one of them that walked within a block of any clinic they would go batshit insane. And rightfully so. A few crazy people do not define a group. But just think for a minute on the backlash that decision would cause. I already have to hear every December about the “War on Christmas” just because people would rather be wished a “Happy Holidays” rather than a “Merry Christmas” because they could care less about a holiday they don’t celebrate. So if their actual rights were being violated and the explanation was that they aren’t doing enough to stop the crazies themselves the fallout would be immense. So why is it okay for this guy to suggest the same thing? Come on America, think before you let stupidity erupt from your mouths.

~George