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Originally Posted by Ramsayfarian
And so it begins:
NYC Cabbie Stabbed by Islamophobe
It goes without saying that Newt Gingrich, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, et al., feel no responsibility for this whatsoever: A New York City cab driver named Ahmed Sharif was stabbed by a passenger who allegedly asked "Are you a Muslim?" before carrying out the attack. When the cab driver said yes, the passenger allegedly pulled out a Leatherman tool and slashed his throat, arm, and lip. Sharif was able to lock the passenger in the back of his car, and is currently in the hospital recovering from his injuries. The passenger, Michael Enright, is a 21-year-old filmmaker who recently returned from Afghanistan. In a statement, Sharif said "I feel very sad. I have been here more than 25 years. I have been driving a taxi more than 15 years. All my four kids were born here. I never feel this hopeless and insecure before."
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/20...BMdXDBB8TzQe21 |
I was expecting this with the way the rhetoric has been ramped up, it's getting out of control.
At the same time this serves as a good teaching moment for not painting an entire group of people with one brush due to the actions of a lunatic. This doesn't reflect on everyone opposed to the community center for whatever reason, the same way that the actions of hijackers shouldn't be used to paint all Muslims as terrorists.