http://mic.com/articles/122507/the-reactions-to-the-empire-state-building-s-color-display-islamophobia-at-its-worstPretty 'interesting' reader comments here: http://www.timesofisrael.com/empire-state-building-turns-green-for-eid/Some tweets posted in the first link:
7/19/2015 11:56:20 PM
0EP comin at us all
7/20/2015 12:10:52 AM
that girl is not attractive at all
7/20/2015 12:31:26 AM
She's not a girl.
7/20/2015 12:41:41 AM
I understand the "outrage," but I'm not entirely understanding "why now." This isn't the first time the building has been lit up for this, IIRC...oh, and the "outrage" is dumb[Edited on July 20, 2015 at 12:48 AM. Reason : ]
7/20/2015 12:48:04 AM
it's a privately owned building... they can light it whatever colors they want.
7/20/2015 2:43:34 AM
freedom of speech and all that jazz... ...unless you're a terrorist.
7/20/2015 9:42:56 AM
and... you know all Muslims must be terrorists its not like terrorists are some crazy extremist subset... like the KKK for example. Ohh... wait...
7/20/2015 9:47:12 AM
All white people are terrorists, like Timothy McVeigh, Eric Rudolph,Ted Kaczynski, etc.
7/20/2015 10:22:56 AM
The Empire State building is owned by the Empire State Realty Trust which is publicly traded. Buy a shitload of stock and go to the board meeting if you're upset.
7/20/2015 10:34:09 AM
^ win!
7/20/2015 11:10:57 AM
Leave it to OEP to troll the gutters of the internet for stupidity to post here [Edited on July 20, 2015 at 1:44 PM. Reason : V better?]
7/20/2015 1:38:17 PM
7/20/2015 1:39:31 PM
OK, so, Islamophobia is a real problem and a hindrance to the efforts of all thinking people to eradicate extremism.But this thread is an example of another problem that has been cropping up more and more often, even in legitimate news reporting. Internet quotes from random people do not constitute useful data. People should quit using them in any capacity. The comments section of ANY news article makes the human race seem repugnant, to such an extent that, if you believed they actually represented species, it would be your moral obligation to kill as many people as possible.
7/21/2015 5:07:15 AM
^this.
7/21/2015 7:34:27 AM