There is a movement in the batshit crazy wing of conservatism called; I am John Doe. This came up because some imams were removed from a plane when several John Does complained. Conservatives now seem to want to rally around the John Does. Mmmm... Ok. Well, we have this thing called the sixth amendment that says that if someone accuses me of breaking the law, then I have a right to confront that person directly.
It's actually made for things a lot like this. The idea being that if I really want to attest that something is true, then I should be comfortable having my name associated with it, and have the guts to stand behind it.
I want to be clear; I am not a John Doe. I would not alert authorities to supposed suspicious activity, wrongly, just because I'm too ignorant of other cultures to understand what was going on. And I certainly wouldn't do so, then slink away behind John Doe so that I didn't have to face the people I just wrongly accused. When I make accusations I stand behind them. And I accept fault if I am wrong.
The whole "I am John Doe" idea is idiotic. It's a rallying cry for gutless cowards.
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