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Brown kid with Arab name arrested for bringing home-made clock to school

Anonymous Blowhard

Re: Who's to blame

"thinking rationally is associated with being an extremist, fascist"

I think you've got that last bit reversed; the "fascist" ideology means "sticking together against outsiders" (based on the symbolism of the fasces suggesting strength through unity: a single rod is easily broken, while the bundle is difficult to break):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism

Fascism definitely doesn't encourage rational thinking, but it does explain policemen labelling every Muslim as a terrorist.

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