By now, you've probably heard about Juan Williams getting fired from NPR for the following statement while on Bill O'Reilly's show:
When I get on a plane … if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they’re identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried, I get nervous.
First of all, let me ask the question, who doesn't? I get the heebie jeebies just looking at a waxing moon because it reminds me of the Algerian flag. But when I told my wife about Juan Williams I expected her to say, "Good for NPR", but instead she said, "I know exactly how he feels. When I'm in a movie theater and a group of teenagers walks in I just know that they all have cell phones in their pockets and fifteen minutes into the movie I'm going to be speaking with Dave, the theater manager, about them."
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