Trumps is in!

[barbara]

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 our the propaganda of our enemies a veneer of legitimacy that makes it increasingly easy for them to recruit people to their cause.

Well stated.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by HarmanKardon

...It reminds me a bit of the 1980 chancellor campaign. Franz Josef Strauss (a bit like Trump) vs. Helmut Schmidt (democrat like Hillary). Strauss had actually never a real chance to become chancellor.

I remember that. I was living in Fulda at the time, a CDU/CSU stronghold in Hessen. Strauss had considerable support there.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by Boreas

They obviously freak you out. Fortunately, people like you are a distinct minority. Unfortunately, people like you never shut up.



Is that really your "default" reaction?

Very, very sad.

Isn't it in reality a mask?

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Isn't it in reality a mask?

Any form of dress you care to name can conceal something. The fact that you've singled out a particular type of garment for your paranoid fantasies is rather instructive.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Muslims just freak out many.

You are in a store and someone enters wearing a burka. WTF.
A robber? A suicide bomber?

One drives a car here in Maryland.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by bobabode

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"Make America White Again!" his post concludes.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b079b2818fcd36

I hope he is holding his breath.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Any form of dress you care to name can conceal something. The fact that you've singled out a particular type of garment for your paranoid fantasies is rather instructive.

It is a mask.

A very effective one.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

It is a mask.

A very effective one.

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

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by merrylander

One drives a car here in Maryland.

Is this something you saw or just heard about? Do you know whether this is legal in Maryland or might it be a matter of a person deciding to break the law because of her religious convictions?

Maryland does indeed allow people to wear religious attire, including head-coverings and veils when posing for their driver's license photos but the same doesn't apply to security searches as are required, for instance, to enter a courthouse.

Personally, I find it impossible to believe that any state would permit anyone to operate a motor vehicle while wearing anything that would impair their vision.

Not only that, any woman who, either voluntarily or through compulsion, wore a burqa when in public would be living an extremely conservative Muslim life. As such, it's unlikely that she would be permitted to operate a motor vehicle or, if permitted, would choose to.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by bobabode

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

I suggest he avoid venturing outside the safe room in his home.