Hey, wait a second!!!!

I was reading this article today, and almost let it slip by.

I almost was okay with it.

I almost thought there was a valid point.

Then the quote from the spokesperson for the Council on American-Islamic Relations hit me between the eyes:

"After watching the premiere, I was afraid to go to the grocery store because I wasn't sure the person next to me would be able to differentiate between fiction and reality."

Oh, really, Rabiah Ahmed? So you were afraid that the other patrons of your grocery store, sight unseen, as a group, were incapable of that distinction. What a broad, racist brush to paint with, my friend. Let's break this down for the slow kids:

You're afraid that you, as a presumably Middle Eastern Muslim, would be judged unfairly for the actions of a handful of fictional characters because you share a religion or ethnicity with those characters. You base this fear on relatively rare incidents of stereotypically Middle Eastern Muslims being singled out for harrassment as a result of 9/11, Al Qaeda, the Taliban, etc. So, you're prepared to judge pretty much the entirety of the non-Middle-Eastern-Muslim population of the United States on the actions of that handful of people, and further assume that that same non-Middle-Eastern-Muslim population is too stupid to tell the difference between a TV show and real terrorism.

I guess when you can play the put-upon minority card, you can get away with crap like that and no one will call you on it.

Shame on you, sir.

I will be waiting by the phone for your apology.