The Hesitation
Reading this New York Post article about the "Fort Dix Six" one quote jumped out at me. The teenage Circuit City employee who dropped the dime on the jihadists went to a friend after viewing the 90-minute terrorists training video made by the arrested suspects and said the following (emphasis my own):
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Throughout the 90-minute-long tape, above the booming gunfire at a Pennsylvania target range, the jihadists could be heard screaming "God is great!" The two employees "freaked out," their co-worker recalled. At first, the teenage clerk didn't know what to do, his pal said. "Dude, I just saw some really weird s-," he frantically told his co-worker. "I don't know what to do. Should I call someone or is that being racist?" |
Allah at Hot Air picked up on the same line and I share those views.
This is a direct result of apologists and activists who want us to second guess our instincts. When the US Airways Imams were acting strangely and passengers spoke up, groups were outraged and accused everyone of being racist.
So when this teen sees something so frightening, so undeniable in its intentions, that it compels him to want to do something, yet he hesitates. And it is that hesitation our enemies feed off. Luckily, his hesitation was only momentary.
Individuals can be the last line of defense and we cannot be stripped of our ability to speak up when we see something that we instinctually feel is wrong. When we start to second guess ourselves, more people may die.