Words Like Locusts Flew From Her Fingers

The National Threat Posed by Arab Musicians

Salon.com Technology | The hysterical skies: “The hysterical skies
She survived a flight with 14 harmless Syrian musicians — then spread 3,000 bigoted and paranoid words across the Internet. As a pilot and an American, I’m appalled.”

Read this and the Women’s Wall Street article that inspired it. For sure, the presence of Arab musicians can be alarming. The instruments they play make that weird twangy noise. I’d be scared, too! And an Arab man with a McDonald’s bag! That’s probably the most alarming part of this story. You think McDonalds is halal? I doubt it!

Seriously, I think part of what caused this poor woman’s terror is unfamiliarity with some of the basic culteral differences between Arab people and Americans.

Beyond all that. What’s with “Women’s Wall Street” anyway?? What, women need different financial advice from what men get? Or is it the same financial advice but with pictures of bunnies and kittens and ads for makeup?