Originally Posted by
CitizenBBN
All those Christy Minstrels shows weren't down our way. Racism is as bad there as anywhere.
Is it unacceptable to simply ban everyone of a given faith, even temporarily? Yes. But I'm not sure it's "racism" as much as it is just an overreaction to the threat. Where Trump gets his appeal is he's willing to do SOMETHING that actually may address a problem, even if it's not politically correct, even if it is as that level a racist or discriminatory policy.
The reason that appeals isn't b/c all those people are racists, is that all those people are fed up with politicians who won't do anything for fear of the PC backlash. When trump says we need to stop investigating Scotch Irish grandmothers and focus on people who may really be a threat, yes that's something most people think but dont' dare say, not b/c they are racist but b/c anything that even gives that appearance opens one up to the slur.
It's clear that people coming from these countries and people of Islamic faith are a higher threat risk than other immigrant groups, that's simply the truth of the situation. To the extent he's willing to say that and then suggest answers, where others refuse to state the obvious, he gains support.
That all being said, his approach needs to be changed to a focus on immediate suspension of ALL such visas until we can review the procedures and audit those that are in the pipeline to make sure the work is being properly done. He could even have said we do that for anyone considered a higher risk such as being from a given nation or even a faith, he just made it come out like a ban where he needs to focus on it as legitimate threat assessment where you do more homework on people who are a higher risk.
That's not a great fit with the "American way" of everyone being equal, but there are places where we allow that sort of thing even in the US among citizens, so it's not unprecedented. When assessing risk we have to take a more military approach to the situation, and with limited resources we have to expend them in the way that maximizes our chances of finding the biggest threats.
Had he called on immediate emergency action on the visa program to better assess threats and suspend immigration as needed it would have come off as far less reactionary and even racist. But Trump isn't known for laying things out that way.