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"That chick from MIT"? C'mon, man, where's the respect?

Her name is Star Simpson.

Not at all disrespectful. I didn't know her name, no different than "That dude from MIT" (had it been a guy). Sorry if you dislike the vernacular but not at all disrespectful.

Plus I'm almost certain you wouldn't have made that post if I had have said "That dude from MIT." You might have posted the name, but you certainly wouldn't have turned it into a respect thing (not least of all because it isn't actually disrespectful).

So let's say you didn't remember that off-hand, and had to search for it. What set of keywords would you use in your search, that wouldn't garner attention from certain authorities?

"https://www.google.com/search?q=mit+airport+arrest"

Even

https://www.google.com/search?q=that+chick+from+mit+with+led...

gets you what you want.

What set of keywords do you think is going to garner attention? It might be fun to cry out that the FBI is monitoring the internet for people searching for bomb, but they really aren't. They might make a note of it if something else triggers an investigation.

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