[deoptimo]

On a less somber note, you are praising the empowerment of ignorant people to become secret informants on behalf of a security state with the power to disrupt the lives of others. This is a tried and proven path that many countries have followed and we all know where it leads.

[datashovel]

Please read the post again. It's clear you've jumped to conclusions. Perhaps you're not among those who this post was directed toward?

[tremon]

Your post amounts to "I'm glad these idiots found a voice, now that they finally affect us all, we can do something about it". But your assumption that they affect us all equally is not supported by this story, otherwise all passengers on that plane would have been taken off and screened by police.

I think you fail to realize that these idiots affect mainly minorities, as that is how uneducated minds work: they can't see past their own identity (and by the power of numbers, most idiots are white). So what you're effectively saying is "I'm okay with idiots harrassing minorities".

(edit to add an unwarranted disclaimer: by "idiot", I'm not referring to the lady in the original story, but to the OP's description of the "tragically ignorant, in need of raising their bar")

[datashovel]

When I read responses like this (that have no connection with the comments they're in response to) I have to just assume that Hacker News has switched out my comments and replaced them with something completely different.

Please let me know if you manage to catch the witches you appear to be hunting.

[elevenfist]

We have to assume you're just a troll at this point.

[datashovel]

I'm sorry, that you could read this entire thread and come to such a conclusion.