I mention the article written by a woman who was freaked out by a bunch of Arabs on her flight that seems suddenly ubiquitous only because you should know that people are talking about it, and how moronic the article is. (This way, when your relative or coworker asks you if you heard about that lady on the flight with terrorists you’ll know what they’re talking about, and you can give them a good tongue lashing.) Anyway, Rivka of Respecful of Otters does the yeoman’s work of pointing out just how absurd the article is. The thing I like about the article, though, is that it’s a perfect litmus test that enables on to suss out how someone sees the world based on their reaction. If they buy it hook, line, and sinker then they out themselves as a bigot who lives in fear. If they react with revulsion and mock the people who believe the article, that says something about them as well …