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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,716 posts)
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:44 AM Jan 2021

Given the high Republican support for terror should there be a Republican travel ban

Not all Republicans are seditionists, nor is everyone who voted for Trump, nor is every conservative: Nothing about rejecting your country’s political system is conservative. Still, those who do hold these views are quite numerous. In December, 34 percent of Americans said they did not trust the outcome of the 2020 election. More recently, 21 percent said that they either strongly or somewhat support the storming of the Capitol building. As of this week, 32 percent were still telling pollsters that Biden was not the legitimate winner.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/seditionists-need-path-back-society/617746/


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Given the high Republican support for terror should there be a Republican travel ban (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2021 OP
Sorry. It just opens a door to blanket actions against and that is NOT a DEM process. TigressDem Jan 2021 #1
If someone is thinking about blowing up a plane I want to be on a different flight. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2021 #2
Wouldn't we all? But "Thought Policing" is not the way to get there in America. TigressDem Jan 2021 #3

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
1. Sorry. It just opens a door to blanket actions against and that is NOT a DEM process.
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 10:50 AM
Jan 2021

Airlines are already kicking ANYONE off who starts ANYTHING on a plane.

Those who have been shown to have behaved in a bad manner are getting banned from flight.

Do NOT persecute anyone just THINKING about stupid stuff.

NOT THE AMERICAN WAY.


TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
3. Wouldn't we all? But "Thought Policing" is not the way to get there in America.
Wed Jan 20, 2021, 11:03 AM
Jan 2021

AND just like when the ReThugs persecute an innocent on our side we get at least some platform to speak against their terrorist like behavior, to simply become like them because we are in power is NOT the answer.

Besides, even with the creeps on his side maybe flying, maybe not, you probably take more of a risk driving to work or taking out your trash. In all 50 states his supporters are going crazy. Muggings and carjackings are on the rise due to his rhetoric of hate and Covid putting people in dire straights.

Be alert, take care of yourself. It's a dangerous world out there.

NOW to officially label ALL White Supremacist organizations as Domestic Terrorists and BAN FLIGHT to anyone who can be shown to belong in those groups or give aid to those groups.... that MAY be a way through.








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