Trumps is in!

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by bobabode

I suggest you avoid New Orleans during Mardi Gras, Don.

The revelers are not known to have a suicide bombing component. So I would be comfortable until I see some one in a burka.

Want to freak out the revelers, just shout "Allahu Akbar".

[donquixote99]

Why focus on the masking nature of a burka? How does the masking increase the threat you discern?

The threat is that the burka marks the person as a Muslim, isn't it?

[Boreas]

Yes, being Muslim is the threat. The burqa is merely a delivery system.

And why would a suicide bomber worry about wearing a..... mask?

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

The revelers are not known to have a suicide bombing component. So I would be comfortable until I see some one in a burka.

Want to freak out the revelers, just shout "Allahu Akbar".

You must be a gas on Halloween, Don.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Why focus on the masking nature of a burka? How does the masking increase the threat you discern?

The threat is that the burka marks the person as a Muslim, isn't it?

Normally a mask person in the public is viewed as a possible threat. Muslim here is a multiplier.

The burka is banned nationally in two Europe countries and in multitude of localities world wide.

It is a ban arrived at by applying common sense.

[JJIII]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Some Americans, yes, but to simply attribute these fears to "Americans" suggests that most or even all Americans fear Muslims. This is demonstrably false.

Of course there are Americans who believe, or are at least receptive to, what Trump is spoon feeding them. So what? There are lots of stupid, even horrendous, things that many of us believe. The demagogues who prey upon such people do us no favors. At the risk of invoking Godwin, there was man in Germany who was "just saying out loud" what many of his countrymen believed. Look where that got us.

Trump is a profoundly evil human being who is capitalizing on people's worst basic instincts: their racism, xenophobia and paranoia. Every word he utters draws us ever closer to the edge of the abyss and gives the propaganda of our enemies a veneer of legitimacy that makes it increasingly easy for them to recruit people to their cause.

With no comment on the actual content of your post, let me say that you have a very well developed talent in being able to express your thoughts. You should write a novel.

(Thumbs up!)

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[bobabode]

USAToday/Suffolk University poll. +68% to -18% of Trump supporters say they would back a third party run by Donald.

Time for the GOP to re-evaluate it's support of this guy.

edit- Just kidding, please support the 'Dumpster Fire' Donald Drumpf, with whipped cream and a cherry on top.

Clinton-Castro '16 in a walk...

[HarmanKardon]

Trump is an agitator. He reminds me of Goebbels. He also addressed on people's worst instincts. But it is nice to watch Trump comitting political suicide step by step. Spike Lee said to Mrs. Amanpour: "Imagine Trump being Commander in Chief and sitting close to the box, that is scary... you know which box I mean?" And Mrs. Amanpour nodded.

This totally insane man will be history pretty soon. But the fact how successful he was gives a huge cause of concern anyway.

[HarmanKardon]

Variation of a theme...

[Rajoo]

People are only hearing what Trump is saying, not necessarily thinking about it. If right wing talk radio is any indication, the base is still 75% or so solidly behind him and beyond reason. Yesterday out of a Fox affiliated radio station in Sacramento, lot of callers were singing praises of Trump and some hoping for a Trump/Carson ticket. And this is a liberal state.