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In reply to the discussion: Gallup poll: after Trump attacks Muslims, his support among Democrats INCREASES [View all]frizzled
(509 posts)I'm not sure what the distinction is between liberals and warmongers.
Both parties have had disastrous interventionist policies, which placed America at risk of terrorism. A total lack of willingness to confront the roots of that foreign policy have led to an escalating cycle of violence between America and the Muslim world. Bombing on one side, stochastic terrorism events on the other.
Let me preface the next remark by saying I don't support Trump or religious discrimination in any way. But this is the logic of his supporters.
What Trump advocates makes a kind of brutal sense. Muslims who went through immigration have attacked the United States. If Muslims had been banned from entering the country, the 9/11 attacks would not have happened. The San Bernadino attack would not have happened. The Boston Marathon attack would not have happened.
Yes, there would be other shootings. Of course almost all Muslims are peaceful, and most shootings are not done by Muslims. Nonetheless, Americans are scared of attacks by Muslims, and so the brutal logic follows. If you don't want attacks by Muslim people, don't let them into the country.
Given the political climate and inability to discuss root causes this is inevitable. And the Democrats are unable to talk about any of it at all. What Trump and the Republicans propose by discriminating against Muslims is appalling, ugly - but it is a solution. When Obama refuses to call Islamic terrorism what it is, he looks weak. The Democrats look paralyzed by political correctness!
Beautifully formatted post, by the way.