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George Takei's Beautiful Response to the Paris Terror Attacks
George Takei's Beautiful Response to the Paris Terror Attacks
Takei battles discrimination and ignorance on social media.
Out actor and activist George Takei always knows what to say. In light of Friday's devastating terror attacks in Paris that killed at least 127, Takei took to Facebook to ask people to not cast guilt upon immigrants and refugees "because they look like those who perpetrated these attacks." Takei, who spent three years of his childhood in a Japanese-American internment camp in California, used a very personal metaphor in his post:
I'm writing this backstage at Allegiance, my heart heavy with the news from Paris, aching for the victims and their...
Posted by George Takei on Friday, November 13, 2015
Of course, there is no shortage of ignorance being perpetrated on social media when it comes to the terrorist attack. Exhibit A: antigay talking head Ann Coulter.
\u201cWhy does NO ONE say the obvious thing on TV?! It's insane. Don't want terrorism in US? Stop importing Muslims!\u201d— Ann Coulter (@Ann Coulter) 1447462703
Most rational voices responded to Coulter, including out immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas.
\u201cBecause it's not obvious. Stop spreading hate and ignorance, Ann. Oh never mind--that's your currency. https://t.co/KMa4VJnd7o\u201d— Jose Antonio Vargas (@Jose Antonio Vargas) 1447473126
