Rapierian t1_itqwhw6 wrote
Reply to comment by The-Shattering-Light in BREAKING: The Boston city council has passed the resolution to declare Mahsa Amin’s birthday as “Boston Hijab Day” despite the backlash. by HearingAppropriate46
If it has nothing to do with her murder, why would we declare a day in her memory as "National Hijab Day"?
SileAnimus t1_its69ku wrote
Because a bunch of old white middle/upper class dudes in Boston probably aren't very in touch with something happening on the other side of the globe?
It's not complicated
Rapierian t1_ituvg9e wrote
Except that the City Counselor who did it is an Islamic woman named Fernandez Anderson.
SileAnimus t1_itwz7ij wrote
That only makes the ridiculousness of making it a day about hijabs all the more hilarious.
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