Do You Believe In Racially Profiling Muslims At Airports?

Discussion in 'Opinion POLLS' started by Zook, Jan 2, 2012.

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Do You Believe In Racially Profiling Muslims At Airports?

  1. Yes

    50.4%
  2. No

    44.3%
  3. I don't know/I don't want to answer

    5.2%
  1. flounder

    flounder In Memoriam Past Donor

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    I can not speak for everybody, but I'm not saying they should dismiss searching others. I'm just saying perhaps a bit more common sense might be used, that's all. Believe me, anything found in my Grandmothers bra,,,,you dont wanna find......
     
  2. ManifestDestiny

    ManifestDestiny Well-Known Member

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    Glenn Beck said on Fox News in front of 3 others that Obama hates white people and white culture and they didnt question that concept at all, when asked about it by Katie Curic he sticks by with what he said. So that is Fox News saying Obama hates white people, the major conservative network, and im sure we have all seen the racist tea party signs from the public so there is no doubt in my mind at all that republicans saw this IRS scandal as Obama's, or as conservatives like to call him, "B. Hussien's" attack on white people. Conservatives have been trying to portray the image of a communist foreigner with a terrorist name who is in charge of the country and is destroying America, this is blatantly obvious.

    Even if we did have the resources why would we want to profile everyone? How about not profiling anyone?

    I understand if a crime was just recently committed and you are looking for a white male with a green shirt or something like that, but you never hear on the police radio during a cops show "Statistically black people in this city commit more crime, start frisking and targeting random black people"

    If that is the case, than lets profile and target white people for drug possession since they use illegal drugs the most
    "Nearly 20 percent of whites have used cocaine, compared with 10 percent of blacks and Latinos, according to a 2011 survey from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -- the most recent data available.

    Higher percentages of whites have also tried hallucinogens, marijuana, pain relievers like OxyContin, and stimulants like methamphetamine, according to the survey. Crack is more popular among blacks than whites, but not by much.

    Still, blacks are arrested for drug possession more than three times as often as whites, according to a 2009 report from the advocacy group Human Rights Watch."
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/racial-disparity-drug-use_n_3941346.html
     
  3. ManifestDestiny

    ManifestDestiny Well-Known Member

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    If, as you directly say, fairness is not an issue its simply about saving lives than why not go under martial law? I think everyone would be much safer, things wouldnt be very fair but hey at least there will be very minimal amounts of crime that will be dealt with immediately by the military.

    The obvious point im making is "It saves lives" is not always a good reason to do something, there are many things we could do that would save many lives but would be very wrong to do, one of those things is profiling people of certain races. Another example would be potentially harmful science experiments on live humans, it would undoubtedly save more lives than it would harm or kill but its clearly the wrong thing to do, same goes for testing on monkeys.

    "Fair" has everything to do with it.
     
  4. flounder

    flounder In Memoriam Past Donor

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    Moderation my friend, you do not pull out a fire hose to put out a wastebasket fire. This is NOT a race thing, it is a law enforcement precautionary thing. Also as I have said I am not advocating just going after them, just using a bit more common sense is all. I am still confused as to why anybody would feel offended, they are aware of the situation, nobody is exaggerating anything,,why the Ostrich approach?
    Denial does not get things any safer, denial gets you dead....

    We have constant Gangster movies on TV and the Cinema,,books, Toys, and even Halloween costumes. I'm Italian yet I take no offense, it is part of History, fact. Does this mean all Italians are Gangsters?, am I concerned people will stare at me and think I am one?

    Nope,,know why? I am smart enough and have enough pride in myself to realize that the people that matter do not think like that, only idiots do. My time is important to me, and I have enough on my mind to last me through the day,,,no time for idiots.
     
  5. pjohns

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    No, that is Glenn Beck's saying that.

    Moreover, I fail to see what this might have to do with the political opportunism attendant to the president's targeting his political opponents.

    (1) It is a piece of rhetorical sleight of hand--and not a very convincing one, at that--to attribute to an entire group (i.e. the Tea Party) the actions of a tiny handful of those attaching themselves thereunto.

    (2) This does, in any case, beg the question: What serious "[R]epublicans" (or "conservatives") have claimed that the IRS scandal--which is quite real--is a function of the president's "attack on white people"?

    Actually, what is "blatantly obvious" is the fact that you would prefer to caricature all of American conservatism (and Republicanism) according to its fringe elements. At best, that is a cheap (and not very effective) trick...
     
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    While they are wasting resources profiling the middle aged white professionals who are making this country run, most likely on their way to a business meeting and being productive in America, they leave one less eye on the Muslim who has a higher likelihood of committing an atrocity at the airport..

    I understand you have an ideal and want equal opportunity in suspicion, but that is the ideal and not the reality. There is not enough resources for law enforcement to treat everyone equally. If blacks commit more crimes it would not make sense to target whites, same for Muslims at the airports.
     
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    Well, the blacks for the most part haven't went crazy on an airplane and killed a bunch of people. They stick to less complex crimes such as the knockout game and stuff like that. So yes, Muslims need to be profiled because of what their people did on 9/11, its as simple as that.
     
  8. ManifestDestiny

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    Lol you just said middle aged white people are who make this country run, than you guys wonder why I call you racist (*)(*)(*)(*)s
     
  9. bill hill

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    yes. we can tell ourselves nice little stories about how muslims are peace lovers, as we continue to believe babies are delivered by a stork, but then there is this little thing called "probability" that tends to stick it's head up.
     
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    Yes but what about for blacks who are not in Airports but are on the street, with that mentality you have cops believe it is ok to racially profile black people because they are more likely to commit a crime, its clear cut racism and its directly advocated by the vast majority of republicans than they turn around and cry that its not really racism its just "logical".
     
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    We can keep telling ourselves the Jews are peace lovers, but then there is a little thing called "Palestine" that proves otherwise.
     
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    LOL, do you know anybody else except Muslims who want to blow up your plain?As well-known only so-called Religion of Peace and Tolerance brainwash its followers to kill infidels for getting of a nice place in its "Paradise".BTW with strictly prohibited Alcohol.
     
  13. OhZone

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    The whole problem could be solved forever if all Arabs and Africans just stayed in their own country. The US should totally ban entry to All of them. Then we could all live without all this nonsense.
    They have destroyed our Unity which was our greatest strength.

    It would save a bundle of money too.
     

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