Why Is Anil Dash Calling Annie Jacobsen Names Again?

Anil Dash thinks he has "more proof annie jacobsen is a hysterical xenophobe." But Michelle Malkin shoots that barrel-swimming fish:

Who's freaking out? The unnamed marshals who spoke to KFI are popping veins over the Jacobsens for having merely discussed their concerns with the flight crew and "gestured towards the men." The couple didn't jump up and scream "We are going to die!" They didn't faint or have heart attacks. And they didn't confront the 14 Syrians while they all stood up before landing, went to the bathroom, and congregated in the aisles in violation of security regulations. (No one confronted them, for crying out loud. That is the problem.)

The Jacobsens didn't even muster up the courage to say meekly to the Syrians, "Hey, could you please sit down. You are making me nervous." And they didn't blab to other passengers about their fears. The Jacobsens talked to the flight attendants and they kept to themselves. In fact, in their MSNBC interview, Kevin Jacobsen said he sat quietly with his wife and son during the landing and resignedly wrote about his concerns in his journal. Out-of-control menaces in the air? Come on.

The message that the alarmed and panicked marshals are sending out is that if and when we view suspicious behavior, we should all just sit tight in our seats, shut up, and do nothing until it's too damned late lest we possibly risk blowing their cover.

Meanwhile, Tom Ridge and Norm Mineta ask us all to be vigilant, buy our duct tape, hand over our nail clippers and knitting needles, keep our lips sealed, and relinquish complete control and responsibility for homeland defense--and self-defense--to The Professionals.

Two words: Hell, no.

Comments

[kevin whited]

The lovely Miss Malkin does get herself worked up.

Maybe it's a girl power solidarity thing.

Regardless, Jacobsen comes off more and more as a flake.

[gohepcat]

"And they didn't confront the 14 Syrians while they all stood up before landing, went to the bathroom, and congregated in the aisles in violation of security regulations. (No one confronted them, for crying out loud. That is the problem.)"

Yea...well unless you consider that this part did not happen.