'I don't care' about opposition to my ban-the-Muslims plan, says Trump. Because Franklin Roosevelt.

[kpete]

By Laura Clawson
Tuesday Dec 08, 2015 · 5:45 AM


Donald Trump’s brand new, in no way historically resonant idea to exclude all Muslims from the United States has drawn as much criticism as anything he’s said during his presidential campaign. (As much as the time he criticized John McCain, even!) But Trump has a simple answer for his critics:

“I don’t care.”

And also:

Trump said Tuesday that what he's proposing is "no different" than President Franklin Roosevelt — "who was highly respected by all" despite his wartime measures that included putting Japanese-Americans in internment camps in the U.S.

Psst, Donald … that’s not the thing about Roosevelt that most Americans remember with the greatest pride. Even the ones who would have supported it at the time tend to realize, looking back, that it wasn’t the greatest. But predictably, here in the moment, Trump supporters are on board.

Trump seems to think he has a foolproof way to implement his little plan, but I’m betting it wouldn’t actually be as simple as “are you Muslim?” And, although Trump has said his ban would apply to Muslim-Americans re-entering the U.S. from abroad, no word on what he thinks should happen to Muslim-Americans in the military, currently risking their lives in Iraq or Afghanistan ... maybe they're supposed to join ISIS.





http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2015/12/8/1458046/--I-don-t-care-about-opposition-to-my-ban-the-Muslims-plan-says-Trump-Because-Franklin-Roosevelt#view-story

[CBGLuthier]

1. FDR is no longer highly respected because he sullied his reputation by his racist action

and they were concentration camps. I hate the polite word interment camps. It implies that OUR racism is not as bad as THEIR racism.

[Kalidurga]

3. absolutely

We should point out that this was not a good thing FDR did, in fact it is a big stain on his legacy. The only thing that mitigates the horror is that it wasn't a thing to execute Americans in the street and the concentration camps weren't designed to be execution camps.

[pampango]

4. FDR is still highly respected for many things but certainly not for that. n/t

[exboyfil]

2. Trump is aware that the U.S. government

paid $1.6 B in reparations to the Japanese Americans who were interred ($20K/each)???

[Bluenorthwest]

5. The formal apology by the US government and the payments signed into law by Ronald Reagan 1988

nt

[MohRokTah]

6. So now he's offended Japanese Americans

Let's go to the list, Don Pardo...

Mexican-Americans
Latino-Americans
African-Americans
Muslim people
Jewish people
Handicapped people

and now Japanese Americans.

Place your bets for which demographic Trump insults next.

[mb999]

7. Everyone loves Trump

The KKK loves him. Nazis love him. Stormfront members love him. Just ask David Duke who thinks Chump is the best of the lot.

[Paladin]

8. Paging George Takei!

We need a really good, tough rejoinder from Mr. Takei re Trump's enthusiasm for the Japanese concentration camps.

[LeftishBrit]

9. So because a president did something bad 75 years ago, is a reason to do the same thing now?

If he wants to emulate FDR, how about supporting an economic New Deal?!