Yeah, Well, Forget I Even Thought of That
It appears that Donald Trump is backing off his idea to register every Muslim in America.
Under assault from Democrats and Republicans alike, Donald J. Trump on Friday drew back from his call for a mandatory registry of Muslims in the United States, trying to quell one of the ugliest controversies yet in a presidential campaign like few others.
Now if he’ll just back off on all his other hateful ideas,
I do favor registering every ridiculous politician. They’ll have to wear a big R on their chest. Oh wait, they already are.
I think, and this is just my humble opinion…. that all Republicans should have to wear a big ole “I” (for idiot), right smack dab in the middle of their foreheads..
JMHO.
1http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/20/1452534/-US-Marine-to-Trump-I-m-an-American-Muslim-and-I-already-carry-a-special-ID-badge-Where-s-yours
2The Republicans are in trouble now because the base they have taught to hate and fear and mistrust outsiders (and government) has transferred those feelings to the GOP. The base has become so radical and isolationist that they are out of control, as evidenced by the current primary.
It might not be the best political strategy for the GOP to up the ante on teaching hate and fear and mistrust to their base.
Just sayin’.
3T-Rump is such a tool! He thinks he is some sort of “Pied Piper,” when the fact is having blown that racist dog whistle so many times, the pack aka the GOP base is chasing him. When the pack finally catches T-Rump, the end will not be pretty, but the schadenfreude will be delicious.
4Carnival Candidates continuum:
“Carson is so clueless,” said an Iowa GOP insider. “He thinks the Kurds are a special kind of Wisconsin cheese.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/ben-carson-foreign-policy-blunders-threaten-candidacy-216092#ixzz3s325O68L
5He’d have nothing to say if he didn’t say anything hateful!
6Suggestion . . . if any portion of the population is forced to register because of where they came from etc. I highly recommend that all of us jump in and register with them. An overwhelmed system is a lot less successful.
7@maggie
When Muslims have to wear a yellow crescent to identify themselves as such, my wife and I will wear yellow crescents as well.
8Next thing you know, they will conscript tattoo artists to etch #’s on Muslim forearms. Now that will be fun to watch. Dealing with tattoo artists will be something like herding cats!
9Diane hits the truth nail right on its head. No hate= No talk.
10I was brought up Southern Baptist and I’m shocked – – shocked I tell you!
“Russell D. Moore, the president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, said, ‘I do think it’s scary when we have candidates talking about shutting down houses of worship, about having badges for religious groups. That ought to alarm every American.’”
First: I’m shocked that someone in the SBC came out against something Trump said.
And, second: The SBC has an Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission? Who knew?
11To maggie:
Your suggestion is brilliant! And not without precedent:
During WWII the Nazis marched into Denmark largely unresisted. Just as they had in other countries, they implemented the yellow-star mandate. The King of Denmark went on the radio and said, “This edict must not stand. I will, very proudly, be the first to wear the Star of David on my arm and I expect every Dane to do the same.”
The next day, the streets were filled with yellow armbands.
The Nazis withdrew the edict 4 days later.
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During the following year, almost the entire Danish Jewish population was spirited out of the country – mostly on small commercial fishing boats – to neutral Sweden where they were welcomed [unlike what happened in the US, fwiw.]
Grampian – thanks to modern technology, along with the tattoo, they can each be implanted with an ID chip – you know, like they do dogs and cats.
Scary-ass times we live in.
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