Dunban67 said:
How is the ignorance you are spewing good for any political discusion? It is too bad terms like "racism" and "sexism" have become polyical buzzwords and lables to help the uninformed "decide" who they should vote for or what they should do- Instaed of being real terms w real issues attached that warrant intelligent discussion |
I have to agree with you here. If we set emotions aside for a second and actually look at what Trump has said, regardless of whether or not you support him, I see very little evidence to label him as a racist. The two issues where he takes the most heat is regarding Muslim immigration and border control of the Mexico-US border. In both cases, though, his concern is focused on those who do not want to follow the law or respect the USA's rules and values, not the color of their skin. For example, I have never heard him say "we need to get rid of all Muslims" but I have heard him say often that "we need to get rid of ISIS." Similarly, I haven't heard him say that he wants no Hispanics coming into the USA but he spends his time talking about the drug cartels and bad elements that take advantage of an open border.
Now there is definitely room to question whether Trump's policies are the right approach, but that is a totally separate issue from whether or not he is a racist. Maybe Trump is rascist deep down, but there is certainly is not enough evidence to draw a conclusion about that based on his campaign so far.
The left needs to tread carefully here, throwing around the term "racist" as a derogative to shut down debate is dangerous because Trump may have some extremely valid points in at least a couple areas (in fact, he likely does to be getting this much support). There is a big difference between a man like Trump versus the racist elites who wanted to sterilize blacks and "undesirables" in the early 20th century and one should not throw out all he is saying without thought. What I see is the left digging in their heels and refusing to acknowledge any of the concerns that are coming from Trump and his supporters and even if the left does manage to defeat Trump, those concerns are not going to go away but they will fester and grow into what could one day be a cultural revolution that will be very ugly for the left-wing establishment. The left should be willing to compromise on their ideoogy and adapt portions of Trump's viewpoints while tempering the areas where he is the most brash, that would be the smart thing to do for the long term survivability of left-wing values in the west. Moderation of left-wing values was also supposed to be the big advantage of social democracy over communism. (what I am seeing now from the left, though, looks much more like communism)
