“If you see something, say something” only works if the person doing the seeing and saying has some common sense and isn’t overcome by irrational fear.
For Canadian radio reporter Michael Kane, that irrational fear seemed to overtake any common sense he may have had when, last Saturday, he thought sending out this tweet would be a good idea:
It wasn’t a good idea. At all. Which he seemed to grasp quickly, because mere moments tweeting this ill-advised missive, he deleted the tweet.
But as we know, nothing on the Internet is truly deleted.
And sure enough, the tweet came back to life in the form of a screenshot, which Phoenix-area activist Imraan Siddiqi tweeted the very next day.
"They then proceeded to the Food Court and reportedly consumed a substance known as FroYo." pic.twitter.com/2nFcTaBFrw
— Imraan Siddiqi (@imraansiddiqi) August 6, 2017
As you might expect, Twitter had a field day with Kane’s tweet, mocking him for self-importantly alerting the public to these two women coming out of Victoria’s Secret.
"My sources tell me that they may be heading to The Children's Place to purchase clothing known as "pajamas." A sleeper-cell, if you will."
— Imraan Siddiqi (@imraansiddiqi) August 6, 2017
"My sources tell me that they may be heading to The Children's Place to purchase clothing known as "pajamas." A sleeper-cell, if you will."
— Imraan Siddiqi (@imraansiddiqi) August 6, 2017
Old guy watching women at a Victoria Secret worried about Muslim women. Fine upstanding stalker of the community
— Dǝɐu Gıllıs (@dean_gillis) August 6, 2017
It’s silly. But lest the rest of us forget, there are people out there who have to reply to this kind of silliness with cold reason every single day.
Being hijabi doesn't mean we don't need supportive underclothes XD
— 🕊Hadeel 🕊 (@Gandoora32) August 6, 2017
Modestly dressed women also wear underpants news at 11.
— ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly (@arablit) August 7, 2017
Then, naturally, Twitter stepped it up, slinging “I’m just a reporter” at everything.
https://twitter.com/miniestmini/status/894340188066897920
I'm just a reporter: just saw two White women in uggs leaving the spice aisle of the grocery store.
— 박주현 (@hermit_hwarang) August 6, 2017
We have to agree with Tim here:
"I'm just a reporter" is the new "I'm not racist but." Discuss. https://t.co/NOeOMzq0x0
— Tim Pierce 🐀 (@qwrrty) August 7, 2017
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