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JetBlueFA is 100% correct. The great thing about this country is that you can wear express your views on different topics to the public, on clothing in this case. However, we live in a different world today and wearing a shirt that says "we will not be silent" in any language, let alone Arabic is very unsettling to many, many people. This is not discriminating against all people of Arab descent. Hey, if it said the same thing in just plain old English or Spanish, I'd still have a problem with it.
Regarding the Yankees example, if it said "Go Yankees" with a picture of the NY team logo...you have a point, but you're being very technical. Aren't the vast majority of shirts out there that have that phrase reffering to the BASEBALL team!? Get real.
The fact is, no one is ignorant. Did we all forget that this country was sleeping on September 10, 2001? The next day, our lives changed forever. We're all (and should be) on high alert. Even though this particular guy is NOT a terrorist, we can't just let "signs", if this is one, go away. Whether the sign is intentional or not, it's something that bothered enough pax on the flight to say something to jetBlue and the TSA. All jetBlue did in this case was comply with the TSA. Read the article before you comment on that, please.
It didn't mention how much the lawsuit is for, but I hope that he is planning on getting tens of millions of dollars to fly privately, because after something like this he might be added to the 'commercial no fly list'.
Again, the above is my OPINION.