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Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts)
Sun Oct 30, 2016, 08:33 PM Oct 2016

SATIRE: Christian Man Kicked Off Airplane For Harassing Praying Islamic American

COASTLINE, NEVADA — A spokesperson for Westerly Airlines addressed the growing controversy over a flight attendant’s decision to eject a Christian man from a flight shortly before takeoff last week. Susan Myers told reporters that the Westerly flight attendant made a decision based on his conclusion that the ejected passenger had become “a direct threat” to another passenger on the flight.

“Just shortly before flight TK421 from Chicago to Seattle took off,” Myers told the press, “a flight attendant decided that a male passenger, in his late fifties, needed to be removed from the plane. The passenger in question had been — in the view of our attendant — become overtly hostile and aggressive toward a female passenger who was praying in the Muslim tradition.”

Ms. Myers said that the Westerly flight attendant first became aware of 54-year-old Clem O’Connell when he pressed his call button to alert the flight crew about someone he said was “acting very suspiciously.” When the flight attendant heard O’Connell’s concerns, he tried to assuage them by telling Clem he had seen many Islamic Americans praying before flights, and that there was nothing to be worried about, Myers says Mr. O’Connell wasn’t satisfied. After another five minutes, he pressed the button again.

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SATIRE: Christian Man Kicked Off Airplane For Harassing Praying Islamic American (Original Post) Feeling the Bern Oct 2016 OP
Isn't satire lounge material? linuxman Oct 2016 #1
no the Lounge is more for fart jokes rurallib Oct 2016 #5
Do most of the attacks against muslims appear to be men attacking muslim women ? JI7 Oct 2016 #2
This is satire, but these jingoistic cowboys know if they did it to a man, they'd get their punched Feeling the Bern Oct 2016 #3
i think there actually a case of a muslim woman being attacked on a plane JI7 Oct 2016 #4

rurallib

(62,451 posts)
5. no the Lounge is more for fart jokes
Sun Oct 30, 2016, 09:32 PM
Oct 2016

Satire usually goes under GD, unless it is making fun of farts.

JI7

(89,276 posts)
2. Do most of the attacks against muslims appear to be men attacking muslim women ?
Sun Oct 30, 2016, 09:19 PM
Oct 2016

I'm sure there are other cases also. But most of the time is always a man attacking a female.

 

Feeling the Bern

(3,839 posts)
3. This is satire, but these jingoistic cowboys know if they did it to a man, they'd get their punched
Sun Oct 30, 2016, 09:21 PM
Oct 2016

so hard, their face would resemble their ass. So women are "easier" targets because, remember, in a sexist's mind, women are "weaker."

JI7

(89,276 posts)
4. i think there actually a case of a muslim woman being attacked on a plane
Sun Oct 30, 2016, 09:24 PM
Oct 2016

I don't remember the details but i think it was kind of recent

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