Fourth time posting here, and still haven't gotten a reply. So, again: as a Jewish person I'm curious if you could address my concern about the Alt-Right who are often self-described Neo Nazi's and their support for Trump.
Do you distinguish Neo Nazis as accidental and deplorable bedfellows which could be found in any large movement? Or are you sympathetic to their causes and hatreds? Again, all I need is "Neo Nazis are bad" or "I am against the methodical genocide or persecution of racial minorities in America."
Hopefully, this is so obvious that it strikes you as offensive to even ask. I hop you, like any person of moral standing, would proudly stand against Neo Nazis. But as this is my fourth time asking, you'll forgive me for getting anxious.
(Edit: I'm new to the forums and not sure how to Link or @ somebody properly. Could someone make sure this post comes to their attention?)
Best,
GhostDad420.
Oh. Neo-Nazi's are bad. I don't support them. They're bigots.
Yep, the USA wore sexy clothing and got raped. We should wear less sexy clothing. The provocative analogy not with standing, the argument does not hold water, nor should it be considered when we respond to terrorist. Kuwait, Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia are only a few of the countries we've assisted in recent past. The rationale of terrorist is wrong. We do not use the terrorist rationale for attacking us to dictate American forigen policy. The end.
Your comparison to "we deserved it"/rape is a mischaracterization. There's a lot of frustration in the ME right now due to our unnecessary meddling. Specifically 9-11 was inspired in part due to our overthrowing of the Iranian presidency and our continued behavior of actions that continues to create aggravation needlessly in the middle east. And I didn't say killing innocents was right. I said it's better than Hillary Clinton's proposal because she literally advocates creating terrorists in order to overthrow governments just like how we did in Iran. So we have over 30 years of failed policies that have never worked and Hillary wants to continue doing it anyway because she's insane. Thanks for agreeing with me.
Some of the policies were not allowed to work. There is an argument to me made that the Middle East would be more stable if Obama had not withdrawn from Iraq. That was the single greatest mistake of his presidency and the one he will be remembered for. People forget the surge worked. The reasons for leaving were just as flawed as the reasons were to enter.
This is a tangent but Obama had no choice but to leave IRAQ. His administration tried to negotiate a new deal but one couldn't be acquired. There were riots in Iraq because the Americans were not leaving fast enough. This ties into what I've been saying about the U.S. being seen as "meddlers". The wanted us out and to stop meddling. That doesn't change the fact that Obama's methods for fighting ISIS have been weak and ineffectual; on that Trump is absolutely correct. If you would like to discuss the Iraq War in more detail it should go in a new thread I think.
Specifically 9-11 was inspired in part due to our overthrowing of the Iranian presidency...
What? Al-Qaeda are advocates of a Sunni caliphate. They don't give a damn about the downfall of a Shi'ite democracy. They'll use it for propaganda purposes, sure, but if Egypt or Saudi Arabia had done what we did, al-Qaeda would have been cheering about it.
I said it's better than Hillary Clinton's proposal because she literally advocates creating terrorists in order to overthrow governments just like how we did in Iran.
We did a lot of bad things in and to Iran, but we definitely didn't create the current Iranian regime (see: events of the Carter and Reagan Administrations), and it's not Iranian terrorists we're having trouble with (see again: Sunni vs. Shi'ite distinction).
Because Hillary's proposals involve arming terrorists who kill innocent people.
And Trump's proposals involve handing terrorists the propaganda motherlode. Their recruiting pitch all along has been "America hates Muslims, so join up to destroy America!" Trump basically wants to confirm everything they're saying.
1.We didn't create the current Iranian regime but our continued policies that we've engaged in for the past 30 years (and has never worked in the first place) inspires hatred among middle-easterners. No, shiites and shiah don't necessarily get along but that doesn't change the fact that we've been meddling all over the middle east and making bad decisions. And I bet if we would stop funding radicals then the hatred they spread would die down.
I fundamentally disagree. The recruiting pitch for radical terrorists has always been our meddling. Everything aside from that was just a cherry on top. Surprisingly enough most people in the middle east hate ISIS because they kill rather indiscriminately but the U.S. is arming terrorists who have a truce with ISIS. Middle easterners hate these radicals and the U.S. keeps funding and supporting them. The U.S. is so focused on the short-sighted goal of toppling government that the policy makers keep ignoring that those governments are legitimate and that those governments are not nearly as bad as the opposition.
Gaddhaffi was a monster but you don't get rid of him and give the keys to ISIS or Al-Qaeda. Toppling Assad is even more ridiculous. There is no strategic benefit to getting rid of him and it's very clear that he's been fighting ISIS the whole time but Hillary wants to get rid of him and allow ISIS to take over there too. Hillary Clinton has the worse foreign policy credentials I've seen in a very long time. Her foreign policy stances absolutely make her disqualified.
Yes, he is looking out for Americans, specifically, the middle aged white guys who make up the majority of this support.
Are women guys? It's a simple yes or no question.
Are young college student's middle aged? Again, yes or no.
Are computer programming and software development low skilled jobs? Yes or no?
Yes Nevada made it feasable for Elon Musk to build his plant in that state. The federal government gave tax breaks to companies to ship similar jobs overseas. At least what Nevada did helps Americans. What "Free trade deals" do is sacrifice American workers for the sake of foreigners in foreign countries. Foreign countries that engage in indentured servitude.
You say that the jobs can't come back because all the infrastructure is in other countries. You know how that happened in the first place? "Free Trade" deals. That's how the infrastructure got overseas in the first place. "Free trade" is an example of Orwellian double-speak. "Free Trade" does not involve the invisible hand of the free market. "Free Trade" is nothing more than government interference into the free market on behalf of large corporations and at the expense of American citizens. The infrastructure for electronics manufacturing (and a wide variety of other jobs) got overseas in the first place because of government interference. Your links were not dismissed. Your links proved my point and disproved your own messages.
Yes, he is looking out for Americans, specifically, the middle aged white guys who make up the majority of this support.
You said that Trump is advocating to support "middle-aged-white" guys when in reality Trump is working to support all AmericanS of all creeds. John Kerry got 88% of Black voters. Does that mean that he was looking out for Black voters during his campaign?
And I didn't say it was right. I said it's better than Hillary Clinton's proposal because she literally advocates creating terrorists. Thanks for agreeing with me.
You want to fix a problem created by unnessecary involvement in the Middle East....with more unnessecary involvement in the Middle East. No "solution" than involves killing more people is actually going to accomplish anything. If we go in and murder all the terrorists and their families, everyone that's left will see how the Americans are trying to destroy their way of life, find some weapons, and start killing people. It just doesn't work. If you really want to fix the Middle East, stop killing people. Work on rebuilding the economies. Give people ways to make a living. Set up programs to fight extreme poverty and health crises. Stop fanning the flames, or, as Trump would have it, poor Kerosene on them. Stop giving them a reason to hate Western society, and do something nice for a change.
Although to be fair Trump's revised policy is far and away better than Hillary's proposals.
I think you missed this. part. I'd prefer it if Trump didn't target families, however I'd be perfectly fine if there's actionable intelligence and not hesitating to take out a target, collateral damage/family members be damned.
Of course I'd love to see an easier immigration process. But before we start making it easier for people to immigrate here I'd like to ensure that our laws are enforced.
Ah, I see, you are more concerned about "illegals" that you will never meet, never interact with, never have any sort of impact on rather than making it easier for your family to immigrate. I find your entire rebuttal to me unbelievable and insincere. Seriously? Who prioritizes evicting Mexicans first, and bringing their family over second?
I've met a few illegal immigrants. Some were nice, some were ********s. I didn't get to experience getting mugged, robbed, have my identity stolen, or be killed by one. And I knew I guy who wanted a job at Wal*Mart but our department was full at the time. We had two illegals in my area and I was sorely tempted to call immigration to get them apprehended and create two open spots so my American Citizen friend could get a better shot at the post. I opted out of it though. And thank you for sharing that you think I'm being completely insincere even though I've incorporated my own personal experiences to show how I came to my perspective repeatedly in this thread.
But enough about me; do you have a problem with Trump's being ok with transgendered people? What about his lack of hatred towards gays? Do you have a problem with Trump not taking money from SuperPacs? What is it about Trump not being bought out by corporations that makes you dislike him so much?
Yep, the USA wore sexy clothing and got raped. We should wear less sexy clothing. The provocative analogy not with standing, the argument does not hold water, nor should it be considered when we respond to terrorist. Kuwait, Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia are only a few of the countries we've assisted in recent past. The rationale of terrorist is wrong. We do not use the terrorist rationale for attacking us to dictate American forigen policy. The end.
Your comparison to "we deserved it"/rape is a mischaracterization. There's a lot of frustration in the ME right now due to our unnecessary meddling. Specifically 9-11 was inspired in part due to our overthrowing of the Iranian presidency and our continued behavior of actions that continues to create aggravation needlessly in the middle east. And I didn't say killing innocents was right. I said it's better than Hillary Clinton's proposal because she literally advocates creating terrorists in order to overthrow governments just like how we did in Iran. So we have over 30 years of failed policies that have never worked and Hillary wants to continue doing it anyway because she's insane. Thanks for agreeing with me.
Ahh so he did. Still a better foreign policy propoasal than Hillary's.
What a cheap deflection. Please explain how exactly deliberately killing civilians is a better foreign policy than -- well, than any foreign policy which does not do that.
Because Hillary's proposals involve arming terrorists who kill innocent people. Perhaps you haven't heard of the 9-11 commission, but part of it included information that the terrorists attacked us in part due to our unnecessary involvement in the middle east. But it's been shown time after time that family members are often complicit about the terrorist behavior of their kin. I'd much rather not kill people who may be innocent but statistics show that they're probably not. This is better than outright creating terrorists whole cloth which is what Hillary wants to do. Hence, Trump's policy is better than Hillary's. Although to be fair Trump's revised policy is far and away better than Hillary's proposals.
Of course I'd love to see an easier immigration process. But before we start making it easier for people to immigrate here I'd like to ensure that our laws are enforced. Because no matter what there's going to be people who break the law regardless. And we don't even need to create new laws. We need to get the powers that be to get into the habit of enforcing our laws now. And people don't complain about the rich being rich...Well maybe some Bernie Sanders supporters. The issues is that those rich people influence congress so that they get tax breaks that are there for no reason other than privilege. I don't know what you mean by unenforceable law. Sanctuary cities deliberately circumvent very enforceable laws. The criminal who shot Kate Steinle was supposed to be turned over to ICE because he was arrested by the SFPD. The SFPD falsely stated to ICE officials that they were going to charge that illegal with a crime but instead they set him free, allowing Kate Steinle to be murdered in cold blood. If you mean unenforceable as in nobody is doing anything about it, that will definitely change with Donald Trump since he will simply withhold federal funding to cities that refuse to comply.
]He's also looking out for the young women who would like a call center job but have much fewer options because those jobs have been shipped out to the Phillipines
He's also looking out for the college students who need work but they can't find them because tech support jobs have all been shipped out to India. It's something so common that it's a joke.[/url] He's also looking out for the software developers who can't find work because those STEM jobs got replaced by H-B1 visa abuse is actually more ridiculous than the Hitler comparisons.
He is actually doing something much worse than looking out for them, he is lying to them. Americans are in a global workforce and have no more right to a job than someone in India or the Philippines. No politician will tell you the truth that those jobs wont be back, but you sure will believe them if they tell you they can get them back. They can not and will not. If your position is being outsourced, you need to find a new trade. It's your responsibility to know the long-term viability of your trade. Republicans talk about the free market, and how the government is not the solution, their answer to employment, immigration, etc etc is government interference. The main source of jobs and economic success has always revolved around innovation. Want more jobs? Make it easier to innovate, then you will not give a damn about the Mexicans who are purportedly coming in and taking your job.
I'v actually addressed this already in my respone to glam except for this point...
Another note on immigration, it does not impact a majority of Americans. It simply does not. Why do you care about it so much?
1. I have family who followed the rules. They did what they were supposed to do. They had to wait years and they had to pay 7k. Illegal immigrants, and Mexicans in particular due to the convenience of location, simply cheat their way into this country and many of them collect welfare to boot. Some of them don't even learn the language. That's an insult. It's despicable. I have family members who would love to come into this country but they aren't going to illegally immigrate to make it happen because it's an insult. But I don't need personl experience to know that that's a deplorable situation.
2. Sanctuary cities and the fact that they exist is deplorable. I hear all the stories about "illegal immigrants engage in less crime bla bla.." That has no bearing on the fact that oftentimes when we do catch illegal immigrants we just let them go and then they commit yet more crimes. Nevermind the fact that illegally entering this country is a crime in and of itself.
3. Are you implying that if something doesn't affect a majority of people then it's not a big deal?
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
It's a poem by Pastor Martin Niemöller and that poem resides on the walls of The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Since you're a Jewish person perhaps you can understand the importance of standing up and speaking out against something that's wrong, even if it only affects a minority.
1. I've found that many American made products cost about the same as foreign products with the exception of clothing. Instead of just accepting the narrative that the businesses and the media have been pushing maybe you should try to actually go out and buy American products and do a comparison yourself.
No. No more anecdotes. You cannot start an argument with "I've found..." or "Everyone knows..." Show your evidence, or go home. For example: China made laptop America made laptop
Ignoring that, the whole point of trying to bring manufacturing back to the US is to create more jobs. That won't happen. If these companies want to keep their costs down, and still sell their wares at a "reasonable" price, they will likely switch to automating the production. That means that all Trump would have managed to do is put several thousand Asians out of work, without actually doing anything for the American workforce. Not that the Asians matter to Trump, since, you know, they're not American.
Show me proof, and I will revise my position. And I mean proof. Not anecdotes.
1. Why don't I use your links?
This type of manufacturing is already beginning to take root in the US. Elon Musk, for one, is building Tesla’s electric battery factory in Nevada, with plans to hire some 6,500 people there. In New York, Musk’s other company, SolarCity, will open another factory which will hire roughly 5,000 people across the state. And GlobalFoundries, a $5 billion semiconductor manufacturer, currently employs thousands of Americans in its plants in New York and Vermont.
All this talk about "train the people for the high tech/ skilled job, nonsense is complete garbage. Nevada is one of the least technically skilled states in the country. You wanna know what your own link fails to mention? The state of Nevada offered Elon Musk a sweetheart deal. I know because I live here.
And that's what it comes down to. "Free Trade" consists of sweetheart deals, except they are going to other nations. They're sweetheart deals that allow companies to skirt taxes and executives to line their own pockets with gold. That's why Trump's proposal is a two-step deal. Increased tariffs will force these companies overseas to compete with companies in this country. What your articles fail to mention is that these companies can only increase costs so much before people stop purchasing unnecessary accessories. Furthermore your articles also fail to take into account that once these companies are in this country they're not necessarily going to pass any of these extra costs onto the consumer. Oh and here's another thing from your own articles...
In Chinese factories, overtime is standard. While workers can only legally put in 60-hour weeks without special dispensation, a large proportion go above and beyond — which has landed Apple in hot water with activist groups.
Dang!!! If only Americans would accept human rights abuses and indentured servitude then we could compete with China! And here's the kicker...
If Apple were to build an iPhone in the US, it could add as much as $50 to the final price, analysts told Motherboard.
Yep. This actually proves my point all the more. Thanks for providing the links. We could relocate all those Chinese jobs to the U.S. and an iphone would cost a meager $50 more. Oh my no.
2. I'm genuinely confused. Are you saying call center jobs that used to be in this country were not jobs at all? Or are you genuinely suggesting that American women who worked at call centers are simply not people? Help me out.
3. You've provided the proof for me. Thanks for doing me a solid. But I can't help but noticed that you're implying that IT workers and pharmaceutical employees losing their jobs due to H-B1 visa abuse are not proof that H-B1 visa abuse exist. Once again I'd like to know why you think documented examples of people losing their jobs precisely due to policies Trump would like to stop is irrelevant to you?
This goes back to why I asked Blinking Spirit if he ever performed extemporaneous speech. I'm willing to give Trump a pass and assume that he misspoke. He clarified later.
I have said this before, if he had just said it once in passing I would agree that it was a slip, mistakes happen and speech can be hard. But that isn't what happened, he said it three times with distinction. It wasn't a mistake, it is what he meant to say in that moment. He went back on it later because of the backlash.
Ahh so he did. Still a better foreign policy propoasal than Hillary's.
Trump cares about many of the same issues that Republicans do, but his proposed policy solutions to those issues are so colossally stupid that not even the Republicans want to sign on with them.
You mean things like not passing laws against the transgendered or enforcing the immigration laws we already have right now?
But Trump's plans are no different that everyone else's plans to deal with the middle east, aside from killing civilians intentionally this time.
Also enjoy your Captain America picture film.
This goes back to why I asked Blinking Spirit if he ever performed extemporaneous speech. I'm willing to give Trump a pass and assume that he misspoke. He clarified later.
AND it was a much better film than Age of Ultron. Also The Ratchet and Clank movie deserves more love.
Phone posting because I'm at the movie theaters. the TL DR is that trumps stances are really not all that different from what the Republican Party always espouses. Intone Trump statements are really not all that different from what the Republican Party ignores. The only major difference is the emphasis. Trump advocates bringing jobs back into this country instead of shipping them overseas and he's a pariah. The Republicans have had both parts houses of Congress and there's no jobs bill in sight.
Because it would actually hurt the economy more than help it. Take his ludicrous idea to try to force Apple to make iPhones in America. The increase in cost of production would cause the phone prices to skyrocket, and cut significantly into Apple's profits. Apple would look for ways to cut costs, perhaps by replacing their laborers with robots. There. Now you made phones more expensive for consumers, hurt the company, took jobs away from destitute families in Asia, and still did nothing to employ more people back here in good old Murica. I would think that Trump, being a businessman, would understand this, but sadly, he's as ignorant about it as everything else he talks about.
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Because killing innocents and breeding more hatred and discontent towards America, that would actually lead to an increase in terrorism and extremism, is clearly the best option.
Trump wants to make sure that the American people are looked after first and all of a sudden he's Hitler or Mussolini or Satan.
Yes, he is looking out for Americans, specifically, the middle aged white guys who make up the majority of this support.
1. I've found that many American made products cost about the same as foreign products with the exception of clothing. Instead of just accepting the narrative that the businesses and the media have been pushing maybe you should try to actually go out and buy American products and do a comparison yourself.
Phone posting because I'm at the movie theaters. the TL DR is that trumps stances are really not all that different from what the Republican Party always espouses. Intone Trump statements are really not all that different from what the Republican Party ignores. The only major difference is the emphasis. Trump advocates bringing jobs back into this country instead of shipping them overseas and he's a pariah. The Republicans have had both parts houses of Congress and there's no jobs bill in sight. The Republican Party's plans in the Middle East have always been incoherent but trumps policies in the Middle East are somehow devastating. Trump wants to make sure that the American people are looked after first and all of a sudden he's Hitler or Mussolini or Satan. trumps languages no more or less harsh and denigrating then language used by other Republicans in the past. Trumps emphasis is not tax cuts to the 1%, control in a woman's body, or trying to redefine marriage between one man and one woman. These minor differences make trump somehow unworthy of the Republican name and Republican support. That does not make sense.
Apparently there are a bunch of Republicans still insisting they're not willing to support Trump while at the same time lamenting that this election is doomed. I'll ignore the fact that these Republicans have been wrong all election to highlight the idiocy of David Brooks...
Donald Trump is epically unprepared to be president. He has no realistic policies, no advisers, no capacity to learn. His vast narcissism makes him a closed fortress. He doesn’t know what he doesn’t know and he’s uninterested in finding out. He insults the office Abraham Lincoln once occupied by running for it with less preparation than most of us would undertake to buy a sofa.
These same honchos are on one hand saying Trump is unprepared to be president while simultaneously stating that they won't support him. The ones who show a lack of capacity to learn are the ones who don't understand why Trump vaulted to the GOP nomination in the first place. Yes, he's boorish and says things not nice. But for the past 20 years these same people have been dismissing the undertone of concern for Americans. They don't get why Eric Cantor lost his job. They don't get why Bernie Sanders was a hugely popular candidate among the disaffected in the Democratic party. I acknowledge that Trump's policies and language are all over the place so have people sit down with him and help him craft a message of coherence. You can change language and tone to help soften it up. Yes Trump is stiff when he gives prepared speeches but so what?
This is the same party that for years willingly embraced "God Hates ****", Perry's family ranch is called ******head with nobody in the party blushing, and Newt Gingrich's infamous "Black people should demand jobs not foodstamps", but somehow Trump's language is unaccaptable? No, Trump is speaking about getting jobs back into this country and how the American people have been fleeced, and how DC doesn't work on behalf of the American people. Galavanting in tours of excess in the middle east and Europe doesn't put food on the plate and help pay the bills.
The ones that really get me though are the people who whine about the Supreme Court getting ruined forever while simultaneously saying they won't support Trump because he's going to appoint "liberal judges". It's a patently absurd meme that Trump would appoint liberal judges in the first place but then don't whine about the consequences of that decision to not vote for a Republican candidate. Nut up and own it. I find the behavior of the #neverTrumpers to be more childish than anything Trump has done. If these fools can support someone who hates the American poor like Mitt Romney and someone who hates the separation of church and state like Ted Cruz then they should be willing to rally around someone who supports 75% the GOP platform but says awkward things.
Oh. Neo-Nazi's are bad. I don't support them. They're bigots.
This is a tangent but Obama had no choice but to leave IRAQ. His administration tried to negotiate a new deal but one couldn't be acquired. There were riots in Iraq because the Americans were not leaving fast enough. This ties into what I've been saying about the U.S. being seen as "meddlers". The wanted us out and to stop meddling. That doesn't change the fact that Obama's methods for fighting ISIS have been weak and ineffectual; on that Trump is absolutely correct. If you would like to discuss the Iraq War in more detail it should go in a new thread I think.
1.We didn't create the current Iranian regime but our continued policies that we've engaged in for the past 30 years (and has never worked in the first place) inspires hatred among middle-easterners. No, shiites and shiah don't necessarily get along but that doesn't change the fact that we've been meddling all over the middle east and making bad decisions. And I bet if we would stop funding radicals then the hatred they spread would die down.
I fundamentally disagree. The recruiting pitch for radical terrorists has always been our meddling. Everything aside from that was just a cherry on top. Surprisingly enough most people in the middle east hate ISIS because they kill rather indiscriminately but the U.S. is arming terrorists who have a truce with ISIS. Middle easterners hate these radicals and the U.S. keeps funding and supporting them. The U.S. is so focused on the short-sighted goal of toppling government that the policy makers keep ignoring that those governments are legitimate and that those governments are not nearly as bad as the opposition.
Gaddhaffi was a monster but you don't get rid of him and give the keys to ISIS or Al-Qaeda. Toppling Assad is even more ridiculous. There is no strategic benefit to getting rid of him and it's very clear that he's been fighting ISIS the whole time but Hillary wants to get rid of him and allow ISIS to take over there too. Hillary Clinton has the worse foreign policy credentials I've seen in a very long time. Her foreign policy stances absolutely make her disqualified.
You say that the jobs can't come back because all the infrastructure is in other countries. You know how that happened in the first place? "Free Trade" deals. That's how the infrastructure got overseas in the first place. "Free trade" is an example of Orwellian double-speak. "Free Trade" does not involve the invisible hand of the free market. "Free Trade" is nothing more than government interference into the free market on behalf of large corporations and at the expense of American citizens. The infrastructure for electronics manufacturing (and a wide variety of other jobs) got overseas in the first place because of government interference. Your links were not dismissed. Your links proved my point and disproved your own messages.
You said that Trump is advocating to support "middle-aged-white" guys when in reality Trump is working to support all AmericanS of all creeds. John Kerry got 88% of Black voters. Does that mean that he was looking out for Black voters during his campaign?
I think you missed this. part. I'd prefer it if Trump didn't target families, however I'd be perfectly fine if there's actionable intelligence and not hesitating to take out a target, collateral damage/family members be damned.
I've met a few illegal immigrants. Some were nice, some were ********s. I didn't get to experience getting mugged, robbed, have my identity stolen, or be killed by one. And I knew I guy who wanted a job at Wal*Mart but our department was full at the time. We had two illegals in my area and I was sorely tempted to call immigration to get them apprehended and create two open spots so my American Citizen friend could get a better shot at the post. I opted out of it though. And thank you for sharing that you think I'm being completely insincere even though I've incorporated my own personal experiences to show how I came to my perspective repeatedly in this thread.
But enough about me; do you have a problem with Trump's being ok with transgendered people? What about his lack of hatred towards gays? Do you have a problem with Trump not taking money from SuperPacs? What is it about Trump not being bought out by corporations that makes you dislike him so much?
Your comparison to "we deserved it"/rape is a mischaracterization. There's a lot of frustration in the ME right now due to our unnecessary meddling. Specifically 9-11 was inspired in part due to our overthrowing of the Iranian presidency and our continued behavior of actions that continues to create aggravation needlessly in the middle east. And I didn't say killing innocents was right. I said it's better than Hillary Clinton's proposal because she literally advocates creating terrorists in order to overthrow governments just like how we did in Iran. So we have over 30 years of failed policies that have never worked and Hillary wants to continue doing it anyway because she's insane. Thanks for agreeing with me.
Because Hillary's proposals involve arming terrorists who kill innocent people. Perhaps you haven't heard of the 9-11 commission, but part of it included information that the terrorists attacked us in part due to our unnecessary involvement in the middle east. But it's been shown time after time that family members are often complicit about the terrorist behavior of their kin. I'd much rather not kill people who may be innocent but statistics show that they're probably not. This is better than outright creating terrorists whole cloth which is what Hillary wants to do. Hence, Trump's policy is better than Hillary's. Although to be fair Trump's revised policy is far and away better than Hillary's proposals.
Of course I'd love to see an easier immigration process. But before we start making it easier for people to immigrate here I'd like to ensure that our laws are enforced. Because no matter what there's going to be people who break the law regardless. And we don't even need to create new laws. We need to get the powers that be to get into the habit of enforcing our laws now. And people don't complain about the rich being rich...Well maybe some Bernie Sanders supporters. The issues is that those rich people influence congress so that they get tax breaks that are there for no reason other than privilege. I don't know what you mean by unenforceable law. Sanctuary cities deliberately circumvent very enforceable laws. The criminal who shot Kate Steinle was supposed to be turned over to ICE because he was arrested by the SFPD. The SFPD falsely stated to ICE officials that they were going to charge that illegal with a crime but instead they set him free, allowing Kate Steinle to be murdered in cold blood. If you mean unenforceable as in nobody is doing anything about it, that will definitely change with Donald Trump since he will simply withhold federal funding to cities that refuse to comply.
I'v actually addressed this already in my respone to glam except for this point...
1. I have family who followed the rules. They did what they were supposed to do. They had to wait years and they had to pay 7k. Illegal immigrants, and Mexicans in particular due to the convenience of location, simply cheat their way into this country and many of them collect welfare to boot. Some of them don't even learn the language. That's an insult. It's despicable. I have family members who would love to come into this country but they aren't going to illegally immigrate to make it happen because it's an insult. But I don't need personl experience to know that that's a deplorable situation.
2. Sanctuary cities and the fact that they exist is deplorable. I hear all the stories about "illegal immigrants engage in less crime bla bla.." That has no bearing on the fact that oftentimes when we do catch illegal immigrants we just let them go and then they commit yet more crimes. Nevermind the fact that illegally entering this country is a crime in and of itself.
3. Are you implying that if something doesn't affect a majority of people then it's not a big deal?
It's a poem by Pastor Martin Niemöller and that poem resides on the walls of The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Since you're a Jewish person perhaps you can understand the importance of standing up and speaking out against something that's wrong, even if it only affects a minority.
1. Why don't I use your links?
All this talk about "train the people for the high tech/ skilled job, nonsense is complete garbage. Nevada is one of the least technically skilled states in the country. You wanna know what your own link fails to mention? The state of Nevada offered Elon Musk a sweetheart deal. I know because I live here.
And that's what it comes down to. "Free Trade" consists of sweetheart deals, except they are going to other nations. They're sweetheart deals that allow companies to skirt taxes and executives to line their own pockets with gold. That's why Trump's proposal is a two-step deal. Increased tariffs will force these companies overseas to compete with companies in this country. What your articles fail to mention is that these companies can only increase costs so much before people stop purchasing unnecessary accessories. Furthermore your articles also fail to take into account that once these companies are in this country they're not necessarily going to pass any of these extra costs onto the consumer. Oh and here's another thing from your own articles...
Dang!!! If only Americans would accept human rights abuses and indentured servitude then we could compete with China! And here's the kicker...
Yep. This actually proves my point all the more. Thanks for providing the links. We could relocate all those Chinese jobs to the U.S. and an iphone would cost a meager $50 more. Oh my no.
2. I'm genuinely confused. Are you saying call center jobs that used to be in this country were not jobs at all? Or are you genuinely suggesting that American women who worked at call centers are simply not people? Help me out.
3. You've provided the proof for me. Thanks for doing me a solid. But I can't help but noticed that you're implying that IT workers and pharmaceutical employees losing their jobs due to H-B1 visa abuse are not proof that H-B1 visa abuse exist. Once again I'd like to know why you think documented examples of people losing their jobs precisely due to policies Trump would like to stop is irrelevant to you?
Ahh so he did. Still a better foreign policy propoasal than Hillary's.
You mean things like not passing laws against the transgendered or enforcing the immigration laws we already have right now?
This goes back to why I asked Blinking Spirit if he ever performed extemporaneous speech. I'm willing to give Trump a pass and assume that he misspoke. He clarified later.
AND it was a much better film than Age of Ultron. Also The Ratchet and Clank movie deserves more love.
1. I've found that many American made products cost about the same as foreign products with the exception of clothing. Instead of just accepting the narrative that the businesses and the media have been pushing maybe you should try to actually go out and buy American products and do a comparison yourself.
2. He's also looking out for people who immigrated to this country legally and don't appreciate the fact that illegals are going to be allowed to cut in line and not have to pay any of the fees that legal immigrants do. He's also looking out for the young women who would like a call center job but have much fewer options because those jobs have been shipped out to the Phillipines. Were you aware that call center jobs are usually "women's work"? He's also looking out for the college students who need work but they can't find them because tech support jobs have all been shipped out to India. It's something so common that it's a joke. He's also looking out for the software developers who can't find work because those STEM jobs got replaced by H-B1 visa abuse.
This whole "middle-aged-white-guys" meme is actually more ridiculous than the Hitler comparisons.
These same honchos are on one hand saying Trump is unprepared to be president while simultaneously stating that they won't support him. The ones who show a lack of capacity to learn are the ones who don't understand why Trump vaulted to the GOP nomination in the first place. Yes, he's boorish and says things not nice. But for the past 20 years these same people have been dismissing the undertone of concern for Americans. They don't get why Eric Cantor lost his job. They don't get why Bernie Sanders was a hugely popular candidate among the disaffected in the Democratic party. I acknowledge that Trump's policies and language are all over the place so have people sit down with him and help him craft a message of coherence. You can change language and tone to help soften it up. Yes Trump is stiff when he gives prepared speeches but so what?
This is the same party that for years willingly embraced "God Hates ****", Perry's family ranch is called ******head with nobody in the party blushing, and Newt Gingrich's infamous "Black people should demand jobs not foodstamps", but somehow Trump's language is unaccaptable? No, Trump is speaking about getting jobs back into this country and how the American people have been fleeced, and how DC doesn't work on behalf of the American people. Galavanting in tours of excess in the middle east and Europe doesn't put food on the plate and help pay the bills.
The ones that really get me though are the people who whine about the Supreme Court getting ruined forever while simultaneously saying they won't support Trump because he's going to appoint "liberal judges". It's a patently absurd meme that Trump would appoint liberal judges in the first place but then don't whine about the consequences of that decision to not vote for a Republican candidate. Nut up and own it. I find the behavior of the #neverTrumpers to be more childish than anything Trump has done. If these fools can support someone who hates the American poor like Mitt Romney and someone who hates the separation of church and state like Ted Cruz then they should be willing to rally around someone who supports 75% the GOP platform but says awkward things.