CNN, and the social media has been agog with the latest Donald Trump‘s
declaration of banning Muslims from entering America. For the past few
days, I have remained fixed on CNN watching how the American media has
become so bemused with Trump’s soaring position at the polls, regardless
of his very wild and unpresidential statements. The fixation on a
candidate who trades yabis for substance has become awesome. There seem to be this love hate relationship with the American media. Hummmmmmm! America for show.
On the 7th of December 2015 the front runner of the Republican Party, Donald Trump advocated for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States”
Since then, Trump has been widely and correctly criticized for this, accused of wanting to reproduce discriminatory policies like those of prewar Europe, when Jews were forcibly registered. But looking at the timeline of events since the Paris attacks, and indeed in the months before them, it becomes clear that Trump isn’t actually the problem here. It has become obvious that Trump is merely indulging a sentiment that was already widespread, especially after the Paris/California shooting.
Since then, Trump has been widely and correctly criticized for this, accused of wanting to reproduce discriminatory policies like those of prewar Europe, when Jews were forcibly registered. But looking at the timeline of events since the Paris attacks, and indeed in the months before them, it becomes clear that Trump isn’t actually the problem here. It has become obvious that Trump is merely indulging a sentiment that was already widespread, especially after the Paris/California shooting.
The fact that Trump has bluntly refused to stand down on
his declaration about Muslims which is getting widespread outrage shows
how accustomed Americans have become to out-in-the-open anti-Muslim
prejudice in the country. Can’t say I blame them that much.
America’s
climate of anti-Muslim hatred and fear is on the high rise, a form of
bigotry known as Islamophobia, is rampaging out of control. And it has
very real and legitimately scary implications for the millions of
Americans who follow Islam.
The day after Trump’s “I no send you”
comments, a makeshift militia, wearing military-style camo, some of
them masked, showed up outside an Islamic center in Irving, Texas,
carrying assault rifles and announcing they had come to stop the
“Islamization of America.” Where is all of this heading to, one wonders.
It’s not that Trump is the cause of such strong anti-Muslim hatred but
rather that his comments widely believed and legitimately popular among a
slice of Americans is the leading edge of an Islamophobic movement that
may turn violent. It may no longer be police shooting Inocent black,
but average Americans hunting and killing Muslims.
The
threat of violence often has the same theatrical point as violence
itself, to terrify and intimidate, to inflict psychological suffering on
the targeted group in the form of fear and alienation, to force that
targeted group to live a little bit less in the open and more in the
shadows.
So my question is this, for
how long will Donald Trump be allowed to fan this Islamophobic messages
which is definitely causing the GOPs sleepless nights. Is he going to be
the favoured candidate for the republicans. A good meal for Hilarry
Clinton if you ask me. How can the excesses of Trump be cut down. For
months, Trump has defied the laws of political correctness and gravity
by maintaining his lead despite a never-ending string of mis-yarns and
controversies. I strongly doubt if his improbable campaign can go the
distance
Yes oooo, America
may be down for the show. After all, sleazy shows like Jerry Springer
was a Hit. But It is time for Americans to restore their political
reputation by demonstrating the ability of the American political
process to deflate the bubble of a candidate so high on self-importance
and so low on policy-specifics. Donald is definitely in for the show,
the new Reality show. Maybe very soon, republicans will have this to
say. YOU ARE FIRED.
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