My cynicism was just challenged

[loyalsister]

Something really horrible happened in my community.
There was a horrifying FBI raid at the home of a man who I have some familiarity with.
I found it very upsetting, because I thought they were targetting him because he is Muslim. I was worried at how my community would respond. It seems that the incident tapped into a sense of outrage, and people have rushed to defend him AFTER the local First Christian Church held a rally for him.
A lot of the complaints we have are against our neighbors who we presume to be naive or stupid, but these people have risen to the occassion to stand up for a Muslim man who is critical of the war in Iraq in a red state!
Granted, Columbia is a little different from the rest of the state, but the fact that people are putting their names to this in the paper is going out on a limb for this man and speaks well of my neighbors!

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