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Some Americans Make Me So Sick

So there was nothing on TV, and I flipped to MSNBC (I was aiming for the History Channel, but I missed…) and there’s this new program interviewing two people who were on a flight with *gasp* MIDDLE EASTERN MEN! At one point in the flight, the men got up to go to the bathroom even though the seat belt sign was on. Not one of the flight attendants stopped them, and everyone in the plane was terrified. One of the witnesses said that she ate with a metal fork just before going on the plane, and she was so scared. She wasn’t worried when there were 8 Middle Eastern men on the plane, but when 6 more boarded, she got really terrified. For half an hour now I’ve been listening to a couple of people discussing how scary Arabs are. This is making me seriously feel sick to the stomach. I can’t write about what they’re saying anymore it’s so upsetting…

Now they’re doing a followup on the report. It turns out that there were 14 Syrian men on the plane (GASP!). They were all arrested after the flight landed and interrogated. It turns out… THEY WERE MUSICIANS! What the fuck, people?!

“It raises red flags when you have a lot of people from the same country flying on the same plane.” What?! Am I dreaming? This is a disgusting plague that is sweeping over our country and it’s so widespread that it will take many many years to die down. Our horrible government is only adding tons of fuel to the fire.

What more can I even say? Talking about this, even thinking about it infuriates me. A year ago I was not proud to be an American. Now I am ashamed to be one. I don’t want to be a part of a society where people have such black, withered souls. I don’t want to live in a democracy where the people refuse to educate themselves about the truth because it is easier to shut up and do whatever they are told. To me, “American” is quickly becoming synonymous with “intolerant and arrogant.”

God save America, because it’s pretty clear that its people won’t do it themselves.