Posted on 03/28/2016 7:52:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I am, as you are, devastated by the news of Daesh (ISIS) terror attacks in Ankara and then Brussels. Devastated by the Taliban terror attack in Lahore. Devastated for the loss of life, for the loss of peace. But also devastated for the inevitable opportunistic xenophobia that follows an attack like the one in Brussels.
Stealing a move from Trumps playbook, Ted Cruz made an alarming statement in the wake of the attacks in Brussels. He issued a press release saying, we need to empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized. To which Id like to respond: I assure you that the only radicalization I am at risk of is radical anti-Republicanism. On a practical level, its easy to dismiss Cruzs statement as absurd. American Muslims are rarely concentrated in specific neighborhoods, and patrolling these neighborhoods couldnt possibly have an actual effect on rates of radicalization.
But rhetorically, Cruz has moved us one step closer to a fractured democracy. While his words are certainly scary for Muslims, they pose a serious threat to all Americans. The Republicans inflammatory rhetoric this election cycle has done something remarkable to this country in a very short period of time: It has turned this country into a tinderbox.
We are, at the moment, a country in which violence erupts at presidential campaign rallies with regularity. We are a country in which frontrunners for the presidency demonize entire groups of citizens based on national origin, religious affiliation, and race....
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I never pick up snakes with rattles on their tails. Does that make me a herpophobe?
Too much truth for liberals to handle.
Lyin' Sofia!
America is not a democracy.
I think I do not really need to go to the Amish area. I think I would go to the area where they demonstrate in the streets and yell “allahu Akbar.
Next question?
Wow, if we just say the right things THEN they won’t want to kill us?
The leftists playbook is to blame conservatives for the actions of Muslim terrorists. They blame conservatives for the actions of Black Lives Matter terrorists.
Basically, whatever happens = blame conservatives.
They are, however, delusional enough to believe that peace-loving ISIS members wouldn’t attack us but for those darn right wingers.
They are stupid enough to believe that.
Willie Sutton robbed banks “because that’s where the money is”
Where are you going to look for Muzlim terrorists?
Too bad you equate Trump’s blow-torch MOUTH with “globalist”.
That’s your problem not mine.
Cruz is wrong. Rather than patrol neighborhoods we must (a) deport ALL non-citizen Muslims, immediately, (b) forbid any Muslim to enter and (c) keep ALL citizen Muslims under surveillance. If they object offer them free transportation to the Islamic hellhole of their choice.
Too bad you equate Trumps blow-torch MOUTH with globalist.
Thats your problem not mine.
I don't for a second think Trump is a globalist. Globalists don't want to shut down illegal immigration.
Cruz didn’t do it. He is trying to take advantage of it, but he didn’t do it.
Then why did you call Ted a globalist?
He is clearly for shutting down the border and stopping illegal immigration.
and, you also ignore the polls showing Hillary beating Donald by 11 points.
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