CNN, and the social media has been agog with the latest Donald Trumps 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 Trumps 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. Hummm! 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.
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 Hillary 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
Yesoooo,
America may be down for the show. After all, slizzy 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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