[I want the USA back]

The hoax about the towelhead kid and the fake clock was designed to make us feel guilty for our “towelheadophobia”.

[HandyDandy]

I think you are 100% correct. A wonderful, fully assimilated family, with a young son who was particularly ingenious. A completely integrated normal American family outrageously persecuted by "us", simply for the oh so insignificant fact that he was of the Islamic tribe.

But, something went wrong and it didn't work out as planned.