I am a young male Muslim Arab-American with an Arab-sounding name. As you can imagine, the last few years here in the States have been very difficult for me. I am constantly spot-checked, stopped, frisked, questioned, badgered and harassed. Especially when trying to bring a carry-on bag onto an airplane. But hey, given the circumstances, I guess I really shouldn’t be surprised at the fact that I face some extra scrutiny.

Which brings me to the Tea Party. They’re a primarily a political, not a tax-empt organization. The number one stated reason for their existence is to protest against taxes. They are named after a tax revolt by people who refused to pay their taxes. So it should come as a shock to no one that the IRS, whose job is to ferret out tax cheats, should give them extra scrutiny. In fact, they’d be brain-dead NOT to.

So, to the Tea Party, welcome to my nightmare. You’ve been profiled. Ironically, you think it’s fine for me to be profiled, but when the same thing happens to you, you get all indignant and Bill-of-Rightsy. My advice to you: get over it. I did.

Allahu Akbar and have a nice day.