I think the US should ban muslim’s coming into the country, not for the same reasons as Trump though, the US is a crazy place right now and can’t even take care of the people already there, it needs to get its shit together before it accepts any muslims or refugees.
Then he should be a little more concerned about freedom of religion than he is about pandering to cowardly rednecks.
And therefore, the appropriate response is to piss ourselves in fright and do exactly what ISIS wants us to do by treating all Muslims as enemies.
I’m sure Caliph Al-Baghdadi appreciates all the help you’re rendering to his cause, faithful mujahid.
Got it – Muslims are “douchebags” and dangerous, but there’s no bigotry involved.
More fantasy-liberal stuff. These fantasy-world liberals really are awful. Down with the liberals that live inside Starving Artist’s head!
Does he want to ban all legal immigration by Mexicans? After all, he knows most of them are murderers, drug dealers or rapists. Why would he risk the security of Americans by banning Muslims but not Mexicans? And don’t get me started about the Dutch…
Are you being deliberately obtuse? No, Muslims aren’t douchebags. But the would-be terrorists in their ranks are and the only effective way to try to keep them out since we have no way to determine who they are is to also deny entry to the groups they intend to infiltrate. This stuff is dog simple, I can’t believe it has to be explained.
:rolleyes::rolleyes:
It is a good thing that the misguided Americans that claimed that communists infiltrators would come with the Vietnamese refugees in the 60’s and 70’s were not listened to.
And we should remember that by your own words in those years the country was going to pot. Nowadays the Vietnamese community is doing a lot to increase the connections with the old country, and not only of the cultural kind, but the business one as well. The issues is not as simple as you want it to be, people that do tell you it is are the demagogues. Again, refugees coming to the USA are the most vetted people around.
Speaking of dog simple:
Any candidate for President of the USA ought to have at least a passing familiarity with the Constitution, which is pretty explicit about the federal government and religion.
Also, I disagree with “the only effective way” on two counts: it’s not effective (what’s to stop the terrorists from identifying themselves as Christians?) and it’s not the only way. To claim that it is shows a singular lack of imagination.
Then you shouldn’t have referred to Muslims as “douchebags”.
I’d say the best way to protect ourselves from the small number of crazy Muslims is to make sure the much larger number of non-crazy Muslims, who will probably attend the same mosques, are on our (America’s) side. Discriminating against all Muslims is likely to make the non-crazy Muslims less favorably inclined towards America.
Trump’s plan helps the terrorists.
What is up with people who drive automobiles? Don’t they know the damage that a multi-ton hunk of steel going at excess of 60 mph can do, especially if two of them are going in opposite directions and hit each other? I mean, just look at the statistics of how many traffic deaths there are. How is such a thing still legal? It’s absolutely unconscionable that we allow such reckless behavior continue in our country. Can’t anyone see the huge safety problems we’re incurring by letting people freely run huge hunks of metal at high speeds? It’s so simple, I can’t believe I even need to explain it. God Almighty.
Don’t get me started on people who let others cut them open and rearrange their innards - and pay for the privilege because they think it’ll help them out in the long run. I mean, I don’t care if it’s consensual, it’s freaking dangerous! I don’t care how long you’ve studied, there are so many risks involved with cutting people open, I’m sure you can find statistics behind how many people die on the operating table accidentally. More generally, medical mistakes are the 3rd largest cause of death in the country. How do we let them get away with killing so many people for so long? It’s time to stop practicing medicine.
Found on Reddit: “If Trump gets the nomination, it’ll be Democrats versus literally Hitler.”
glowacks: Total agreement. Once Hillary becomes President, after I grab all the guns, I plan on grabbing all the cars. After which I will grab surgeons’ scalpels.
Can I grab all the power tools next? Those things are SO damn loud.
– Uke, not being sarcastic. REALLY not being sarcastic.
I’m willing to consider that he might have a point. Mormons, for instance, or certain Pentecostal varieties, there might be a value to it. Scientology, another prime candidate.
But that’s not how we are supposed to do things. Not saying we never did, because we did. Or that none of us are like that, because clearly, some of us are. Just saying we shouldn’t. And we should not trust anyone who says we should.
This is blatantly false and stupid. America is the wealthiest, most affluent, and most prosperous society in human history by so far that it’s off the scale. And we are better off now than we have been in decades.
We are absolutely, easily able to take in 10 times as many immigrants as we do now with no appreciable harm and to our considerable benefit. If we don’t have our shot together now it’s because we are afflicted by the same kinds of mental and moral deficiencies that we would have to deal with no matter the circumstances.
We are living in a golden age of America and a golden age of humanity with the most peaceful and prosperous world that humans have ever known, and if you can’t see that, you need better perspective.
The Constitution only covers citizens of the United States. I imagine Trump, unlike yourself apparently, is aware of that.
But I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I don’t believe Trump is serious about almost anything he’s saying. I don’t know what he’s up to but you can bet he does and that it’ll probably end the way he wants it to.
But for now I’m guessing he’s going mostly for the publicity. He’s said he’ll spend a billion dollars if he has to on his campaign but he’s not going to throw money away needlessly, and for now he’s getting millions and millions of dollars worth of publicity without having to spend anything. So maybe it’s a case of saying outrageous stuff in order to stay on top while the election’s still a long way off and then start getting serious later on as it becomes more important.
LOL at Cruz.
Not true, but then you knew that, I’m sure. Do you really think non-citizens don’t have fundamental rights such as the right to worship or to have a jury trial?
The Mayor of St. Petersburg has banned Trump for the city for safety reasons.
Melania Trump is from Slovenia, a country where Islam is the second most popular religion after Christianity. What is the vetting process for Slovenian immigrants to the USA? Is Melania part of an ISIS sleeper cell? Is she radicalizing Donald? These are very real possibilities that should be investigated.
I think all Presidential candidates with immigrant wives should be banned from running until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on with immigration.
Nice. Right wing bloviator as a source.