[QUOTE=KathrynInCanada;8214599]I guess I'd want to know how he interpreted the "We will not be silent" on his t-shirt. If he meant it to say that he would speak out against Muslim injustices than I have no problem with it. [/wuoyr]Excuse me, but it doesn't matter how he interpreted it. He has a First Amendment right, which is absolute, to say whatever he wants.
If he was referring to speaking out against American involvement in the Middle East, it would probably make me at least angry since I feel that WASPs get the blame for all that's wrong in the Middle East and Africa and those native to the area ignore their own violent history and current events.
Then wear your own t-shirt that says, "WASPs get all the blame." This man did nothing but refuse to change his t-shirt. He was kept off the plane because of
content discrimination, which is completely unconstitutional, and because of this race, which is illegally discriminatory.
That all this took place without an open dialog between those passengers/staff who were uncomfortable, the TSA and the passenger, shows the world will continue to go to he** in a handbasket. The lessons learned by those observing the event?
Who cares if other passengers were made uncomfortable. I recommend you read the Supreme Court decision in Cohen v. Superior Court.