14 year old boy arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

OK, so he takes apart a clock, reassembles it in a case (what kind of f'ing clock is that anyway?) and...I'm supposed to be impressed? Moreover some other teacher already told him to not bring it to school due to it looking rather suspicious.

Yeah, this is pretty much my thought. I don't care about this story one way or the other.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Guys, this isn't about the kid, the clock or the bomb. It's the fact that Muslims face an absolutely awful situation in America where they're attacked, scapegoated and ridiculed by idiots who don't even understand what's going on. You've got Presidential candidates saying that Muslims can't be Presidents, you've had this insane nudge nudge that Obama must be a Muslim and thus unfit for office 

Alright calm down.. You dont understand the situation of Muslims in this country at all. They are not being attacked. They've been more successful than almost any other immigrant group in America. They have high incomes, good jobs, and live in integrated neighborhoods at a way higher rate than many others in America. This ridiculous attempt to turn them into another persecuted minority is so far from the truth

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Some kids got weird looks and asked insensitive questions.. They'll be fine

That's called racism you cynical right-wing asshole. Just because a black person wouldn't be physically harmed by being called a ni**ger doesn't mean that we should go around shouting ni**ger.

Not trying to blame the victim, but building a clock that looks like a bomb will not help your situation.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Clock boy is suing everybody now, a shocking turn I know!



Also, there are more attacks against Jews in the US than there are Muslims (or all other religious groups put together).

I was right for being skeptical of this kid from the start.

Yeah screw him for seeking retribution for being discriminated against and having his rights violated.

I was bullied too in Middle School. Where's my $15 million?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Clock boy is suing everybody now, a shocking turn I know!



Also, there are more attacks against Jews in the US than there are Muslims (or all other religious groups put together).

I was right for being skeptical of this kid from the start.

Yeah screw him for seeking retribution for being discriminated against and having his rights violated.

I was bullied too in Middle School. Where's my $15 million?

Were you arrested and publically labelled a terrorist essentially for your ethnicity?

Your inabilty to distinguish between the two obviously different situations does you no credit whatsoever .

There really isn't a difference. Weird kid in weird times does weird things, weird rednecks react in kind. The fact is, people do nasty, horrible things to people of all faiths everyday. Being a victim of the real world doesn't entitle you to a medal and a five minute photo-op with Obama.

Also, the kid brought it in for an engineering class, yet instead randomly plugged it into the wall during English class, for no reason. Should have been sent out of class just for disrupting it. I didn't walk into Mrs. Moss's class everyday when I was a freshmen yelling "hey guys I met Tim Pawlenty!"

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Clock boy is suing everybody now, a shocking turn I know!



Also, there are more attacks against Jews in the US than there are Muslims (or all other religious groups put together).

I was right for being skeptical of this kid from the start.

Yeah screw him for seeking retribution for being discriminated against and having his rights violated.

I was bullied too in Middle School. Where's my $15 million?

Were you arrested and publically labelled a terrorist essentially for your ethnicity?

Your inabilty to distinguish between the two obviously different situations does you no credit whatsoever .

There really isn't a difference. Weird kid in weird times does weird things, weird rednecks react in kind. The fact is, people do nasty, horrible things to people of all faiths everyday. Being a victim of the real world doesn't entitle you to a medal and a five minute photo-op with Obama.

Also, the kid brought it in for an engineering class, yet instead randomly plugged it into the wall during English class, for no reason. Should have been sent out of class just for disrupting it. I didn't walk into Mrs. Moss's class everyday when I was a freshmen yelling "hey guys I met Tim Pawlenty!"

you weren't ARRESTED as a TERRORIST for your ETHNICITY. get that through your thick "former" white supremacist head.

Was he arrested and charged as a terrorist? Or was he arrested for being disruptive. The only reason anybody even heard of this was because of PEOPLE LIKE YOU (I can use caps too) who, whether real or imagined, brought in Islamaphobia into the equation. It didn't have to be a racial issue, but Admed's family was smart enough to see where the money was and made it into one.

Was he mistreated? Yes. Are millions of other Muslims mistreated? Yes. Are black Americans mistreated by the police? Yes. Lots of people are mistreated. The world is a bad place. People are bad. That doesn't entitle anyone to anything besides their basic rights to life and liberty.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Clock boy is suing everybody now, a shocking turn I know!



Also, there are more attacks against Jews in the US than there are Muslims (or all other religious groups put together).

I was right for being skeptical of this kid from the start.

Yeah screw him for seeking retribution for being discriminated against and having his rights violated.

I was bullied too in Middle School. Where's my $15 million?

Were you arrested and publically labelled a terrorist essentially for your ethnicity?

Your inabilty to distinguish between the two obviously different situations does you no credit whatsoever .

There really isn't a difference. Weird kid in weird times does weird things, weird rednecks react in kind. The fact is, people do nasty, horrible things to people of all faiths everyday. Being a victim of the real world doesn't entitle you to a medal and a five minute photo-op with Obama.

Also, the kid brought it in for an engineering class, yet instead randomly plugged it into the wall during English class, for no reason. Should have been sent out of class just for disrupting it. I didn't walk into Mrs. Moss's class everyday when I was a freshmen yelling "hey guys I met Tim Pawlenty!"

you weren't ARRESTED as a TERRORIST for your ETHNICITY. get that through your thick "former" white supremacist head.

Was he arrested and charged as a terrorist? Or was he arrested for being disruptive. The only reason anybody even heard of this was because of PEOPLE LIKE YOU (I can use caps too) who, whether real or imagined, brought in Islamaphobia into the equation. It didn't have to be a racial issue, but Admed's family was smart enough to see where the money was and made it into one.

Was he mistreated? Yes. Are millions of other Muslims mistreated? Yes. Are black Americans mistreated by the police? Yes. Lots of people are mistreated. The world is a bad place. People are bad. That doesn't entitle anyone to anything besides their basic rights to life and liberty.

Of course everyone gets mistreated. But when there is a pattern of certain people being mistreated in a certain way, you can't just ignore it.

And yes the world is a bad place, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to make the world better where we can. You're "OH BUCK UP THE WORLD IS HARSH" talk is just an excuse for not giving a s**t.

The problem with the people like you is that we can't make the world a better place. Giving Ahmed $15 million that could be used to hire actually competent school teachers isn't going to make this go away.

I guarantee you that the teacher who reported him won't be fired.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Clock boy is suing everybody now, a shocking turn I know!



Also, there are more attacks against Jews in the US than there are Muslims (or all other religious groups put together).

I was right for being skeptical of this kid from the start.

Yeah screw him for seeking retribution for being discriminated against and having his rights violated.

I was bullied too in Middle School. Where's my $15 million?

Were you arrested and publically labelled a terrorist essentially for your ethnicity?

Your inabilty to distinguish between the two obviously different situations does you no credit whatsoever .

There really isn't a difference. Weird kid in weird times does weird things, weird rednecks react in kind. The fact is, people do nasty, horrible things to people of all faiths everyday. Being a victim of the real world doesn't entitle you to a medal and a five minute photo-op with Obama.

Also, the kid brought it in for an engineering class, yet instead randomly plugged it into the wall during English class, for no reason. Should have been sent out of class just for disrupting it. I didn't walk into Mrs. Moss's class everyday when I was a freshmen yelling "hey guys I met Tim Pawlenty!"

you weren't ARRESTED as a TERRORIST for your ETHNICITY. get that through your thick "former" white supremacist head.

Was he arrested and charged as a terrorist? Or was he arrested for being disruptive. The only reason anybody even heard of this was because of PEOPLE LIKE YOU (I can use caps too) who, whether real or imagined, brought in Islamaphobia into the equation. It didn't have to be a racial issue, but Admed's family was smart enough to see where the money was and made it into one.

Was he mistreated? Yes. Are millions of other Muslims mistreated? Yes. Are black Americans mistreated by the police? Yes. Lots of people are mistreated. The world is a bad place. People are bad. That doesn't entitle anyone to anything besides their basic rights to life and liberty.

Of course everyone gets mistreated. But when there is a pattern of certain people being mistreated in a certain way, you can't just ignore it.

And yes the world is a bad place, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to make the world better where we can. You're "OH BUCK UP THE WORLD IS HARSH" talk is just an excuse for not giving a s**t.

The problem with the people like you is that we can't make the world a better place. Giving Ahmed $15 million that could be used to hire actually competent school teachers isn't going to make this go away.

I guarantee you that the teacher who reported him won't be fired.

Giving him money won't solve the problem, but talking about it and addressing the xenophobia behind the decision might. Both are certainly better options than saying "Kid deserved it"

Personally, the kid pisses me off. His family never gave a damn about the Islamaphobia that regular Muslim-Americans face because they are politically connected (his father was twice an opposition candidate for President) and wealthy. A quick bio on his father. Because of one incident, he gets, among other things, a scholarship to a school in Qatar, a meeting at the White House, tours of NASA facilities, and so on. He has done nothing. Literally, nothing, to deserve this.

And seriously, why does Ahmed get a pass when children are expelled from school for bringing water guns, eating cookies or having a pocket knife in their locked car. If people get suspended, or even expelled for these offenses, why shouldn't Ahmed not be punished?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I will now accept my accolades.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

He isn't a saint, but I think we're demonizing him a bit too much now.

Demonizing him? For Christ's sake, you guys made him a Saint earlier.