America's Empty Slogan: ‘See Something, Say Something’

[decocker 7,198]

did we pay "lip service" to "heroic action" by shunning the saudi tackler? should arabs accept they are just going to be guilty by association?

Face it: We live in a self-defeating culture that pays lip service to heroic action in times of crisis, yet brutally punishes the very kind of snap judgments and instant security profiling that make such heroism possible in the first place.

Just take a look at some of the caustic reactions to citizens and watchdogs who stuck out their necks during and after the Boston Marathon bombings. A quick-thinking spectator at the race reportedly tackled a 20-year-old Saudi Arabian student visa holder he believed was acting suspiciously. The student is not considered a suspect at this point, but remains a "person of interest" in the case. The student's home was searched Monday night in Revere, Mass., by a phalanx of law enforcement agencies.

Time magazine correspondent Michael Crowley clucked: "It'll be a real shame if a Saudi guy was tackled and held simply for running in fright -- and for being an Arab." Music producer Sledgren took to Twitter to bemoan "prejudice America." Indian television anchor Gargi Rawat called the civilian's actions "sad." Gawker editor Max Read declared: "(T)his poor Saudi kid should sue the guy who tackled him."

For what? For taking all those "See Something, Say Something" ads seriously? Hang him!

Read more: Family Security Matters http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/americas-empty-slogan-see-something-say-something#ixzz2Qp40tCuO

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who really means it?

[mota bhai 2,675]

alex jones site infowars reporting the saudi student is being deported.

'see something, say something' is fine if we had large numbers of intelligent people available for intake. we don't. our call centers are manned by morons. garbage in, garbage out.

[decocker 7,198]

alex jones site infowars reporting the saudi student is being deported.

'see something, say something' is fine if we had large numbers of intelligent people available for intake. we don't. our call centers are manned by morons. garbage in, garbage out.

alex jones also predicted the terminator was going to be president by now.

our call centers are mostly overseas. why come to america to work remotely?

[mota bhai 2,675]

our call centers are mostly overseas. why come to america to work remotely?

most emergency response call centers are local.

and manned by morons.

[decocker 7,198]

most emergency response call centers are local.

and manned by morons.

around here the emergency personnel are all local. and they tackle migrant workers. we don't have many terrorists.

[mota bhai 2,675]

around here the emergency personnel are all local. and they tackle migrant workers. we don't have many terrorists.

A lot of our emergency response call centers here are "consolidated". Still domestic but not necessarily local.

[GandD 5,966]

by a phalanx of law enforcement agencies.

A phalanx, nice

Open up brown guy!!

[decocker 7,198]

A lot of our emergency response call centers here are "consolidated". Still domestic but not necessarily local.

sounds like socialism.

[mota bhai 2,675]

sounds like socialism.

there's a reason the tea party patriots hate joisey.

[decocker 7,198]

there's a reason the tea party patriots hate joisey.

oh. i thought it was just newark.

[mota bhai 2,675]

oh. i thought it was just newark.

Well, Newark has a special place in their hearts. Ward after ward after ward full of black people who vote Democratic. What's not to hate? Those margins are hard to beat, especially when you're also losing the suburbs.