As we all know, Donald Trump is running for president. Whether your opinion is positive or negative towards him, he has done something that is opposite of everything the United States has stood for since it's creation as colonies. Saying that the United States should turn away all Muslims because there are a few radicals is ridiculous for many reasons, I'm just here to name a few.
People immigrated to the United States way back when to flee religious persecution in England. If they had been sent away by Native Americans, where would we be today? Our country was literally founded by people who had come here because they wanted religious freedom. Who are we to now take back that religious freedom we were once given as refugees, and who are we to suddenly change something about our country that has been around since its founding? It is hypocritical for our government, or people in our government, to spew this change of policy so openly.
Secondly, saying these kind of hateful things runs the risk of making Muslims around the world resent the United States and what it stands for. This, in turn, is dangerous because it could impact how the United States is able to conduct business in certain countries abroad. In addition, it is certain to make Muslim Americans feel ostracized in their own communities. This in itself breads radicalism, the very thing we are trying to combat around the world.
It is clear that these ridiculous comments made by Donald Trump are not shared by the majority of Republican presidential candidates, but it is scary how many common people agree with him. There are opinion pieces all over the internet agreeing with Trump, saying we should turn away Americans trying to come back home if they are Muslim. It is disheartening and unbelievable, and in my opinion we should be working as hard as possible to raise a new generation that believes in equality of religion, even though the first generation of Americans were raised this way. We need to get back to the understanding that the United States was built on religious freedom and we cannot take that away from any group of people, no matter the circumstances.
Part of Trump's political platform. In my opinion he is doing his best to make headlines. The longer he can earn the attention from the media the longer he will be in the race for the Republican Primary. I really don't think he would have the same approach if he were in office. Carson, Cruz, Bush, etc. know that they will be asked numerous questions about Trump and his open style, but the fact of the matter is they are discussing him so often because he is a threat and seems to be the subject in many political conversations.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it matters as much whether he would be different in office, he's already alienated an entire group of people with his hate-filled comments. Even if this is just a ploy to get in office and then he would change, those people would not so easily forget his prior comments.
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