Attacks on American Muslims are growing uglier by the day. It must stop. https://t.co/hvHx8p3UlQ

— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) November 23, 2015

In the midst of all this, a young Maryland man driving home from work spotted a woman with a flat tire stranded on the side of the road. She had an infant and a toddler with her. He stopped to help her and told her his name was Ali.

She asked whether he was Muslim. When he said yes, according to his widely circulated post on Facebook, the woman told him that she didn’t need help “from you people.”

This happened in Howard County — one of the most diverse, proudly inclusive places in the state, a county with the motto: “Choose Civility.”

Um wow. Ungrateful bitch.