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Old 12-30-2016, 05:43 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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Positive story, for a change of pace

Muslim Teen Tracks Down Suspect Who Allegedly Attacked Jewish Woman « CBS New York
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Old 12-30-2016, 05:51 AM
 
Location: Newport Beach, California
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I think it is pretty awesome.

There are angels among us.
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Old 12-30-2016, 05:58 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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I'm very surprised the headline didn't say "Muslim Teen Tracks Down 'Alt-Right White Racist thug with beer on his breath' Who Allegedly Attacked Jewish Woman On Subway In Brooklyn".

Btw, the fact that this news station felt they needed to include of all these descriptors means that this is actually a sad story.
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Old 12-30-2016, 06:24 AM
 
Location: NJ
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So what.


It is apparent the media did its best to take an isolated incident and paint is as characteristic of Muslims.


In a way the media shows its prejudice by stating that a muslim did an honorable thing. Something so rare and unexpected.


The real story is a particular person did something heroic. Kudos to the kid. Too bad the media tried to use him to forward a political agenda.


what were the particulars of the bad guy?
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Old 12-30-2016, 07:25 AM
 
Location: Flyover Country
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Khalifa said he does not think of himself as a hero.

“I don’t know why everyone’s, like, amazed,” he said. “It’s not that heroic.”
Well, Ahmed, the reason everyone is "amazed" is because you have a Muslim sounding name (no one knows your religion) and we have had over a solid year of Muslim bashing lead the headlines from our President elect.

I guess that is why everyone is amazed. But many thinking people are not. Well done young man.
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Old 12-30-2016, 09:00 AM
 
Location: Boston, MA
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Well, Ahmed, the reason everyone is "amazed" is because you have a Muslim sounding name (no one knows your religion) and we have had over a solid year of Muslim bashing lead the headlines from our President elect.

I guess that is why everyone is amazed. But many thinking people are not. Well done young man.
Who's amazed here? I'll answer that for ya': A-hole liberals were the ones amazed. Unless of course you think CBS New York is run by conservatives. It wasn't Foxnews that pursued this story so aggressively.

Btw, do you think they asked this kid how he knew he was helping a Jew prior to chasing down this suspect? Did he somehow profile her?
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Old 12-30-2016, 09:38 AM
 
Location: North of Canada, but not the Arctic
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How did he know the woman was a Jew?
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Old 12-30-2016, 09:48 AM
 
Location: Houston
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In other news a Muslim guy ordered a cup of coffee at a Starbucks in Springfield, Missouri.
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Old 12-30-2016, 09:49 AM
 
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Yeah, why the big deal and obsession about the religion of them? Aren't we past that? Kind of like " Dog rescues cat from fire." meh.
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