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  1. Your analogy to “Chico” was the dumbest thing I’ve read in this thread.

  2. I don’t keep responding to you because I care what you say, I don’t - I take these opportunities to keep the comments going so you keep making your asinine posts. You see, this is the beauty of free speech - it allows people to talk and demonstrate what idiots they are. If I can help facilitate that in certain situations here on PWI so we all better understand what a louse you are, we’ve all learned something useful.

Your chain is easily yanked, and you’ve really outdone yourself in this thread with the asshattery. Congratulations.

  1. So ironic - I don’t think you’ve changed any minds here in attempting to make your “sale” on voting GOP in 2016 (“no matter what!”), but if any minds were changed at all, it’s that you helped convince others what a terrible candidate Trump is. Bravo.
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You didn’t answer the question.

Plenty of Muslims were born here and have lived here for generations. What “homeland” should they return to?

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Changing minds is not why I post on the Internet. You must know that no one changes their minds on PWI. If you don’t know that yet then you have slipped further down the posting scale than I originally assumed.

As for Trump he is a lousy candidate. If you have not realized yet that I don’t like Trump you’re a flat out idiot. I never tout any of Trump’s political abilities or leadership qualities because he has very little of both. But, you just can’t stand the fact that I think Trump is and has been a success in business. You also can’t stand the fact that I freely admit that I will vote for him over the wicked witch of the east.

Maybe someday you will get over your Trump rage. Ha ha…I would love to see your face on election night should Trump beat Clinton…Ha ha your head is going to explode. Well…we’ll have some fun when that happens. Plenty of “I told you so’s” and lot’s of other humbling posts coming your way TB. Promise me right now that you will respond to every one of them.

Smile we still have 6 months to go. And always keep in mind when you need someone to talk to you only have to mention my name and I will be there for you buddy :smile:

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So you’d ban visas/green carda from thw 1.3B Indians, for example? They have elements of sharia law in their laws.

That’s still a far cry from successfully banning all Muslims.

No he is not. Weve been fighting radical jihadism, in some form or fashion, sinceJefferson rebuilt the Navy. More recently, radical islam has been a topic for, what, 15 years. He’s broughr nothing to light.

Yes. Europe’s open door policy is absurd, but that doesn’t mean banning an entire demographic is prudent.

Have you ever been to Japan? They make things difficult for all foreigners not just Muslims. They’re also an incredibly homogenous nation. They’re like 99% native Japanese. Very different from America.

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Exact response I was looking for. See what I did there?

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So you’d ban visas/green carda from thw 1.3B Indians, for example? They have elements of sharia law in their laws. [/quote]

It’s very easy to identify Muslims from Hindus/Christians in India. Names are completely different. Even so, start with the countries that are almost all Muslim and then worry about the tricky countries.

Ban Saudis/Pakistanis/Iraqis/Syrians whoever else first

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That’s still a far cry from successfully banning all Muslims.[/quote]

You’re right it is and the policy would be tricky. But gotta start somewhere.

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No he is not. Weve been fighting radical jihadism, in some form or fashion, sinceJefferson rebuilt the Navy. More recently, radical islam has been a topic for, what, 15 years. He’s broughr nothing to light.[/quote]

Yes but one is an External threat vs an Internal threat of Islam. Trump is bringing light to the growing internal threat of Islam within the borders. Everyone else is too scared of being “islamophobic”

Japan only makes things difficult for foreigners to become citizens if that’s what you mean. Travelling to Japan is not difficult at all for Westerners.

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No idea but we are talking about 1% of the population here. It only takes a handful of radicalized individuals to do major harm

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That’s a copout. History shows us they will be discriminated against based solely on their religion.

Easy target.

And you think discriminating against an entire religion of 1.7 billion people will reduce radicalization?

You aren’t going to let people travel to America if they have a Muslim sounding/looking name?

And this solves what exactly?

That’s completely ridiculous. No offense, but Trump did not bring this to light. That’s just non-sense.

What I really meant is that, in gernal, they’re assholes to foreigners, but as it relates to this thread they make it difficult for all foreigners to be citizens. Not just Muslims. They point, though, was that they are vastly different than we are. They are incredibly homogeneous we are not.

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32,000 deaths mostly in 5 Middle Eastern countries in 2014

vs.

1,250,000 traffic deaths globally in 2013:

We better ban cars, quick.

Damn, better ban all Mexicans from entry into the United States.

Have you seen Russia’s crime rates, ban…

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This is amazing because this is exactly how I expected you to respond to a post that you had no answers for.

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That’s a copout. History shows us they will be discriminated against based solely on their religion.

Easy target. [/quote]

That’s okay, I think the alternative is far worse, read this:

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And you think discriminating against an entire religion of 1.7 billion people will reduce radicalization?[/quote]

I have no problem doing this whatsoever. Let’s flip it around: What is the benefit to Americans in letting muslims enter the US? What of value is lost? What does the average american get out of letting them in?

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You aren’t going to let people travel to America if they have a Muslim sounding/looking name? [/quote]

Well I think Trump suggested by starting off with simply asking “Are you a muslim?” when they enter. Couple that with banning majority muslim countries and you have a great start.

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And this solves what exactly? [/quote]

Stem the tide of radicalized muslims or easily radicalized muslims from entering the United States.

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That’s completely ridiculous. No offense, but Trump did not bring this to light. That’s just non-sense. [/quote]

Do you acknowledge the difference between an Internal threat and an External one? This is EXACTLY how muslims are taking over Europe. European style (US included) armies are not equipped to fight Jihadi style wars inside their borders.

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Interesting post from popular author and self-described constitutional conservative Brad Thor - he clearly believes Trump is a worse alternative than Hillary, and suggests he’ll vote for her in 2016. He makes a compelling argument from his point of view.

Also interesting - he devotes most of his post to criticizing Trump and doesn’t give Hillary equal attention in his post. That wouldn’t pass Zeb’s “fairness doctrine” - someone should probably make Mr. Thor aware his criticism of Trump is totally illegitimate as a result.

More importantly, its interesting to see a self-described constitutional conservative declare he’s in the Never Trump camp.

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Ya, I’ve seen that before. It tries to take a very complex situation and boil it down one factor. My personal skepticism aside, it’s irrelevant. History shows us that people have been brutally murdered, raped, enslaved, etc… because of their religion. You think a minority exerting more influence is worse?

It is very unlikely that the Muslim population in the United States will ever grow to even 5+%. Right now it’s about 1.03%. So again, the article is moot as far as the U.S. is concerned.

That’s ridiculous.

The same benefits we see from letting any other group in. Labor, innovation, etc…

What does the average American get out of letting Mexicans in?

What does the average American get out of letting Russians in?

What does the average American get out of letting Jamaicans in?

Should we ban them all? They all commit crimes here.

It doesn’t surprise me at all that Trump would think this is a solid plan of action.

This is so ridiculous I’m done talking about it.

Ya, doubtful. We can’t properly vet 70K refugees, but you think we’ll be able to keep 1.7B people out…

Do you understand the implications this policy will have on trade? I know Trump does not seeing as he wants to start a tariff war anyway.

Has literally zero to do with whether or not Trump brought this to light (he did not).

I think you should take a step back and actually think about this. Muslim’s are not “taking over Europe”.

1% growth per decade. Muslim’s are projected to be 8% of Europe’s total population by 2030. That’s hardly “taking over”.

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As I said there are some who feel that way. The National Review launched an all out attack against Trump a few months back.Then again republicans Bobby Jindal Governor of Louisiana from 2008 to 2016, Mike Huckabee Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007, Chris Christi Governor of New Jersey since 2010, the former Governor of Arizona Jan Brewer 2009 to 2015 and many more republicans and conservatives too numerous to mention have endorsed Donald Trump.

An odd political year indeed.

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Hindu Sena asks gods to help Donald Trump win US election
Donald Trump’s calls for temporarily banning Muslims from America have earned him some fans in India

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A whole 12 people, that’s something alright.

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Incredibly well thought out post from Thor. It echoes my sentiments almost exactly. I cannot vote for either of them because I despise both. I will be using what little power I have to vote 3rd party and hope we can get a 3rd party to 5% of the popular vote to receive federal funding in the next election. I find both nominees morally reprehensible and refuse to support either.

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Keep in mind fellas, the next president is going to get probably 3 SCOTUS picks, which is maybe 35 years of policy making. Kiss your guns goodbye.

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Can you convince me that Trump won’t pick the same sort of Justices as HRC?

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Probably not, but I can convince you that the Republican Senate would deny anyone considered not Conservative enough. I would also add, there is so much bipartisan hatred for Trump that Congress could muster a vote to override a veto if Trump gets mentally irregular.

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