I'm a Blonde Tattooed Girl from Texas. Why are ISIS Fighters Tweeting Marriage Proposals to Me?

The New Republic ^ | October 3, 2014 | Jennifer Williams

[Cecily]

ast Monday, I had 60 followers on Twitter. Today, I have more than 4,300. Not to brag or anything, but that’s more than Benjamin Wittes; more than Bobby Chesney; more than Jack Goldsmith; more than my boss, Daniel Byman. But here’s the problem: A healthy number of them are Islamic extremists, including no small number of supporters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). A lot of them live in Saudi Arabia.

And some of them want to marry me.

The reason is a single tweet.

Early last week, the hashtag “#MuslimApologies” began trending on Twitter. The hashtag was a tongue-in-cheek response to those—such as right-wing radio host Laura Ingraham—who, in the wake of the beheadings of Westerners by ISIS, have questioned why Muslims have not been more vocal about denouncing terrorism carried out in the name of Islam (except that many have).

[Cecily]

Another case of severe case of craving for attention/masochism/Stockholm syndrome, or just insanity? She is playing with fire with this nest of murderous vipers.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Blonde.
Girl.
Tattooed.

On-line.

equals not very smart choices so far in life......

[2ndDivisionVet]

You too?

[GeronL]

lol

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Yep. Attention whore.

[Peter ODonnell]

This is taking the bad-boy theme a bit further than might be advisable. Maybe back off to Mexican gangstas or just the usual fall-back position of dumb blondes, black guys who can score drugs.

[oblomov]

They assume that because she is female and tattooed, she must be someone’s slave. Why not theirs?

[Dallas59]

[doc1019]

Depends on what her goals in life are. ;-)

[matt1234]

For a sec I thought this was another Megan McCain thread.

[mrsmith]

Political Correctness allows jokes about blondes (an identifiable member of a racial group) but not ‘dumb sluts’.

So PC requires she be humiliated only racistly LOL!

[rockrr]

You forgot convert to muzzie.

Not smart at all.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

As long as she isn’t a classy green-eyed blonde.

[mylife]

Why do all the e-mail viruses I get come from women?

[Dallas59]

[LucianOfSamasota]

But wouldn’t she make a great ex-girlfriend story?

[PROCON]

I may be blond, but I'm, like really, like, smart, like, really.

[dfwgator]

Blonde. Girl. Tattooed. On-line.

What about:

Green-Eyed.
Classy.

[mylife]

Speaking of ex girlfriends there is a funny new show on Britain's Channel 4 called "Scrotal Recall"

[Delta Dawn]

I don’t think that there is enough internet bandwidth for anymore Megan pictures to be posted to the internet...