09-17-2015, 10:32 AM
I don't know yet if Ahmed's dad's politics or activism have anything at all to do with how the kid was treated.
It's possible that the family wanted this type of exposure for alleged Muslim discrimination and helped make it happen.
It's also possible that because of his father's views/politics, Ahmed was treated with more suspicion than another kid would have been under the circumstances.
In any case, I think Obama and Clinton simply jumped on the bandwagon and, in my opinion, did so prematurely (unless they somehow had all the details right after the story broke, which I doubt).
It's possible that the family wanted this type of exposure for alleged Muslim discrimination and helped make it happen.
It's also possible that because of his father's views/politics, Ahmed was treated with more suspicion than another kid would have been under the circumstances.
In any case, I think Obama and Clinton simply jumped on the bandwagon and, in my opinion, did so prematurely (unless they somehow had all the details right after the story broke, which I doubt).