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protectjohnwatson: meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerlin: jadelyn: she-wants-the-eod: accidentallyfuckedurdad: the13thleprechaun: bizarrolord: distinguished-linguist: fuckyeahmylanguage: kingofsoutherncalifornia: A student studying Arabic was detained, arrested, and questioned for carrying ARABIC FLASHCARDS at the airport. He wanted to sue the TSA agents but the judge ruled that some of the words he was studying (like “bomb” and “target”) warranted “further investigation.” Whatever that means. We still have government officials institutionally supporting Islamophobia and cultivating a fear of the middle east. Why criminalize a language? Associate language with violence, “do you know what language Bin Laden spoke?” Fuck that noise. American presidents, the elite in this country have slaughtered, killed, and supported the genocide of native americans, kidnapped and enslaved africans, stolen mexican land in the name of manifest destiny, put japanese and their descendants in concentration camps just because they looked asian and continue to institutionally oppress poc domestically and internationally. And they spoke english. Dont come here telling me that arabic is a language of terrorists, because the biggest terrorists I know are english speaking white men. Goodbye. Links: f u c k t h i s What the actual fuck I got searched three times at the airport when I had my Arabic flash cards but never detained by TSA, probably because I’m white. WTF. Not only is this Islamophobia, but the government is pretty much shooting itself in the foot by arresting their future Arabic interpreters who can help them know what’s going on with the war on terror. if this is legit……. -crawls under a table and curls in a ball- i’m done ignorance & islamophobia at its finest. all the men who enslaved african americans spoke english, why not ban that, too? I have a Teach Yourself: Arabic book that I always take on flights because the language interests me and I wouldn’t mind learning it. I’m just waiting for them to stop me so I can be like “Look motherfuckers, I’ve got a higher security clearance than any of you”. Jesus assfucking Christ. When the government is so afraid of a LANGUAGE that they’ll detain people merely for being interested in it… do you know what ted bundy gary ridgeway and john wayne gacy had in common other than killing people they all spoke english very suspicious wake up america AND PEOPLE ASK ME WHY I IMMIGRATED OUT OF THE U.S -- source link