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Originally Posted by Paragrouper
has anyone corroborated her story? Or is her story being accepted at face value?
In any case, her butt-hurt is pretty trivial.
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heard her interview on NPR. United has also released statement in response to request to get their side of the story.
She may be a cry baby, but assuming her SIDE of the story is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, it was a blatant act of discrimination by the stewardess that was worsened by an insensitive statement by the fellow passenger. Enabling this sort of treatment to continue would create a disengaged, disenfranchised, detached muslim community like in UK and France where the narrative of terrorism flourishes. There are plenty of those who are on the fringe in the US (in reference to the article below). Yes, I'd prefer to send anyone with questionable allegiance towards the Constitution to join their beloved caliphate. But too many of these coward hypocrites love their starbucks, nutella, verizon smartphones, and other American-enabled novelties too much to truly practice what their faith demands. The Constitution also grants them just as much rights (Hate to say it, but we all would fight and possibly die for Tahera's Constitution-granted rights as well). Thus, since deradicalization is next to impossible for these sleepers among us, our next best option is disengagement. They may hate this country as long as they do nothing until they return to dirt. FWIW, she is championing interfaith discussion among the youth, whose minds are prime ISIS recruiting target. So IMHOO, what she does is commendable and constructive to our struggle in countering violent extremism while still preserving freedom.
"A recent study conducted by Conway and McInerney analyzed the online supporters of jihad-promoting video content on YouTube, focusing on those posting and commenting upon martyr-promoting material from Iraq.
The findings suggest that a majority are less than 35 years of age and reside outside the region of the Middle East and North Africa with the largest percentage of supporters located in the United States" (Weimann, 2010).
Weimann, G. (2010). Terror on Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube. Brown Journal Of World Affairs, 16(2), 45-54.