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9/11 is Gorelick's fault for setting up "the wall"
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Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
My original post responded to Shape Shifter's suggestion that after 9/11, the effect of U.S. actions concerning Mulsims was too 'costly' even though (according to SS) they averted further attacks. On the issue of whether there are any non-Muslims/Arabs who object to profiling *after* 9/11... I think there are definitely individuals and groups out there besides Muslims that, even after 9/11, speak out activley against measures that could be considered "profiling" of Muslims. I know the ACLU has spoken out against many of these measures. And it also asked for laws completely prohibiting any profiling based on "race, religion, national origian....." I'm certain that Dingell of Michigan (not a Muslim even though a lot of his constituents are) also spoke out against Arab/Muslim profiling after 9/11.
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What does "racial profiling" mean, anyway? Everyone agrees that it's a bad idea for the FBI to omit someone's race from the description of a suspect in the interest of some kind of misguided political correctness. I think we also all agree that the FBI shouldn't be searching people just because they're Arab. As a practical matter, however, it appears that law enforcement has often done this sort of thing. (E.g., pulling people over for DWB -- driving while black.) (Somebody will say this has never been a problem -- if so, whatever, I'm not interested in having that empirical argument right now.) In the middle, there's a big gray area, no?
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