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A New Jersey man was on a flight traveling from Atlanta to Newark on June 4, 2026, while wearing a T-shirt that said, "Bombing kids is not self defense."

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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I remember my father joked about "The US has shot a tenorist, thought he was a terrorist." in 2007. We're back in the terrorist paranoia age.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 22 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

What kind of moron would find this offensive, I wonder?

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 11 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I suspect that they might own a red hat...

[–] criscodisco@lemmy.world 9 points 4 hours ago

And/or just really loves bombing kids.

[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 28 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

This is ANTI SEMETIC because ONLY Jews Bomb Kids!

-United Airlines!

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 12 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Well, the US also bombs kids, but mostly because Israel asked them to.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Did Israel ask the US to bomb kids in Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Laos, etc? They can bomb kids on their own, they don't need the help of an apartheid state.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

"What are you gonna do, United? Bomb me? I'm not a child! Ha!"

[–] LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 hours ago

Dobbing themselves in. Who is he talking about, doesn't say a name. They have to first admit that's what they're doing, and secondly they don't want people talking about it, lest thier reputation be tarnished.

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Eh, I kinda get it they probably just have a thing for the word bomb anywhere near an airport -- sounds like they let him fly though

Do they censor all the bookshop merchandise too?

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 196 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

"She kept saying, like, 'You could see how the shirt is offensive.' I was like, 'I can't see how the shirt is offensive,'" Saadeh said. "She was like, 'It's 2026.' I was like, 'I know what year it is.'"

He added, " 'Do you think kids shouldn't be bombed, or kids should be bombed? Like, what are you offended by?'"

Based.

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

Depends on the kids' race, obviously. /s

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 23 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

It’s 2026, basic logic and human decency is extremism.

[–] yarrage@sh.itjust.works 25 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 27 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

She just doesn't want to know about the kids being bombed. Should and Shouldn't is irrelevant to her life. (How most American's act towards "others.")

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

This isn't how most Americans act towards others.

You either only visited a shit part of the US, or you've never been here.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago

Remember in that Wonder Woman 1984 when zionists got angry when it showed some well armed western equipped troops oppressing some poor people in a arid landscape and they claimed it was obviously about Israel and was thus antisemitic? Anything about arab children being attacked or bombed has to be hidden I guess or you're the evil one.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 91 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

This seems exceptionally stupid when coupled with the article from just a few hours ago about Christian preachers spouting off on planes but the flight attendants "can't do anything about it".

[–] socsa@piefed.social 7 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Lol, I've watched a flight attendant force a kid to piss their pants because the seatbelt sign was on. Fuck all the off that they can't tell someone to sit down and shut the fuck up.

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[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 36 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

Gotta love it.

Religion is cool if its white people Christianity.

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 54 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

Even if it is offensive to you, having such a broad non-specific policy about denying service for "offensive" clothing is ridiculous.

Say I, a lefty, am a flight attendent. Can I deny entry to anyone wearing a MAGA hat, an anti-trans ("try to milk a bull") t-shirt, a vaguely threatening pro-gun ("come and take it") shirt, a fur jacket, etc? I genuinely find such things offensive. So I can kick those people out? No? Tell me what is different about that. What about someone wearing a shirt that says "Aborting kids is not healthcare"? I can't think of a more direct and likely parallel than that. Is that too offensive to board a plane? Explain to me why not. Explain it slowly and think about your words as you do.

His shirt didn't even specify an event, any parties to the event, or any sort of threat. It is not explicitly about any specific person or party. It is about children in general and those who would bomb them and call that warfare. It was just stating a moral stance, and a pretty low bar one at that, one that most people would agree on without aby other context projected on it. Her offense was almost certainly due to a projection of meaning that she put upon it, not even the shirt itself. A meaning that she assumed was true for no reason but her own and that she found offensive due to her personal politics around the events she connected it to. How can you enforce a policy broad enough to allow someone to project a specific interpretation on a non-specific phrase and consider that projected meaning offensive, thereby barring them from the plane.

If I wear a shirt that says "he did nothing wrong" with no further context, do you get to decide who "he" is and bar me from you plane because maybe I mean someone who you think did something wrong and you arw offended by the alternatove view? What if I mean a fictional character like Thanos? What if I mean someone whom you agree did nothing wrong? What if it is just a shirt I got from a thrift store and it has no known meaning to me at all? You see why that is stupid as fuck?

[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

Israel is immune to criticism. It's a very clear and simple rule, I don't know why us lefty scum have such a problem with it.

/s

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

At work the other day, had someone very upset about someone in a fur suit that was a customer. Like they seemed to expect that I would kick them out because of the costume…

[–] Batman@sopuli.xyz 7 points 8 hours ago

Back in the 90s... friends and I went to a restaurant with a salad bar that no longer exists, in full goth wear. Another customer there loudly complained to staff that we should be kicked out because of what we were wearing (no nudity. no graphics or words, just lots of black, eyeliner and big boots) the whole time. He arrived shortly after us and, while we could hear him repeatedly saying things, he never directly spoke to us. Weirdo.

Staff was very polite to us, and we to them, other dude was the only one freaking out.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

A fur suit. Like ... OwO?

I'm sure you work somewhere where the public is allowed. Maybe a conventional center or something? But I was picturing cubicles, fluorescent lighting, rolling chairs, computers, and a man in a full panther costume who goes by Space Paws

[–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 hours ago

That's just IT, they're chill. Don't know how they do half the tech wizardry they do, let alone in those bigass paws.

Space Paws TPS reports are spotless. One might say they are purfect.

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Legit, that's my plan if i ever get forced to return to office for work.

Straight up fur suit every day. That's not even my thing. No idea where i'd get one or what they cost. I just figure, if they want to fuck with my day, they're going to get it right back with interest.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Given the phrasing, this seems like a fair place to share an Objection.lol skit I made.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 62 points 18 hours ago (6 children)

I agree with the sentiment wholeheartedly. Definitely not the wisest move to wear it to the airport unless you're wanting to have issues, though.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (3 children)

Why? I'd love to hear the logic here. Are people who actually bring bombs into planes known to wear shirts with the word "bomb" on it in an unrelated context?

I guess we're all just collectively this fucking stupid now, huh?

Can we not wear shirts with pictures of knives on them either? I'm certain it doesn't hold true for apparel with gun imagery. Not in the US.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago

I guess we're all just collectively this fucking stupid now, huh?

Pretty much.

You know it is not allowed to say the word bomb on a plane right? Pretty much same thing. It's not logical, no use looking for logic in it really.

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[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 44 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Economy so bad Reddit admins need a second job as a flight attendant

[–] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

As someone who got perma-banned recently for recommending that Andrew Tate get transferred to a Brazilian prison and tenderized, this is fucking hilariously accurate.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago (4 children)
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[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 hours ago

Ya I thought he actually had a decent opinion for once

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