Why? As I said, all the bad things that Trump has done were around before him. That is true in the US as well as around the world. So why would it be incorrect to say that Trump is a symptom far more than the cause of the problem?
Tell me where she is wrong here.Did Justice Democrats approve that or is she off script again?
“At 1st I thought of saying, 'Imagine being told your house of faith isn’t safe anymore.' But I couldn’t say ‘imagine,’” the lawmaker wrote, citing the deadly shootings at a Charleston, S.C., church, a Pittsburgh synagogue and a Sutherland Springs, Texas, church.
“What good are your thoughts & prayers when they don’t even keep the pews safe?” She added.
Ocasio-Cortez noted that “thoughts and prayers” is a reference to the NRA phrase she says is “used to deflect conversation away from policy change during tragedies.”
The progressive congresswoman called on communities to “come together, fight for each other & stand up for neighbors.”
“Isolation, dehumanizing stereotypes, hysterical conspiracy theories & hatred ultimately lead to the anarchy of violence,” she wrote on Twitter. “We cannot stand for it.”
Leadership matters. What the deplorables lacked was someone to believe in. And now they have it in Trump. He gives them strength.
Then why were the deplorables around and active pre Trump around the world Jhhnn?
He gives them strength, but, he is not the sole influence. Nor is he the majority.
"The meek will never inherit the earth, as long as it is inhabited by wolves.." – Mack Bolan
Its not a leap of faith as we have seen it work. There are far more examples of catastrophic results from people not talking and trying to work things out.
Again, people elected Obama and then sat back. If people focus too much on the symbol they miss the wider issue. So, if people focus on Trump and then he goes, I believe they will do the same and think they have struck a major blow. Removing Trump is a first step, but, the way people talk is as if its the biggest step and its clearly not.
So, that is why I don't tell people to not work on removing Trump. What I do is to make sure that people realize that the issue is bigger than Trump so that when he is gone people don't stop working.
He's a bloody _huge_ influence however. He's the current most-visible face of the trend, and the one in charge of a super-power.
Then why were the deplorables around and active pre Trump around the world Jhhnn?
He gives them strength, but, he is not the sole influence. Nor is he the majority.
Not really, no. The greatest catastrophe would be the rise of the Nazis and the Holocaust. Maybe Stalin and Mao as well. In the former, talking didn't work, only violence worked in the end. In the case of Stalin - look what happened to the Mensheviks.
I'm really not arguing for violence _now_, or saying it is always the best answer, merely expressing skepticism about a general principle of non-violence. It had _some_ success against the British in India, for example (but even there there was a great deal of violent resistance that has been underplayed), but I don't believe it would have worked even to that degree had the colonisers been the Nazis. Likewise it only worked so far with MLK and civil rights.
I just don't think one can make grand statements about the issue that are valid in all situations.
And seeking 'an end to all violence' seems a bit over-ambtious. I'm just talking about avoiding fascism or war and mass deaths.
Yet you have no solutions of your own. Which is why I asked. Getting rid of Trump is something we can actually do.
This is true. Islamophobia has been a cornerstone of American politics and especially foreign policy since the end of the cold war. Muslims and migrants were very deliberately vilified to replace the Soviets as our "antagonists".
Trump is much better understood as a symptom of these attitudes rather than the cause.
What do you mean I don't have solutions? Why do you think I don't?
I disagree. I'm not saying that Islamophobia is not part of US politics. I think that other groups came before Muslims after the cold war.
Dude, you need to go fishing and relax.I understand suicide very well. It's a supreme act of self-control. I can relate to people who want to give God, or fate, or whatever, the middle-finger.
I can't relate at all to people who put such emphasis on such trivial things as race.
Then why were the deplorables around and active pre Trump around the world Jhhnn?
He gives them strength, but, he is not the sole influence. Nor is he the majority.
Because I asked, and you provided none. So far all you've said is that Trump is not the problem. That isn't a solution.
Like I said, it's a bad thing for white supremacists or other racist trash, whose entire identity is built based upon demonizing people based on skin color. They feel horribly persecuted because they can't speak "The Truth" about the "inferiority" of other races. Which is why they claim to be victims of racism even when it's other whites condemning their racism.
The right wing spin on this is that the left force them to be mass murderers. Just like Ugly just tried to spin intolerance of racism as racism (aka "the real racists.")Fox & Friends blames the shootings on socialism.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-friends-socialism-set-off-new-zealand-mosque-shooting-suspect
Because of course they do.
Blaming others for white supremacist right wing terrorism is pretty much SOP for Trump & Fox & Friends...
Because I asked, and you provided none. So far all you've said is that Trump is not the problem. That isn't a solution.