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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGet Ready For Racial Profiling Under President Donald Trump
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-racial-profiling_us_5766b8efe4b0853f8bf12da5|Donald Trump said Sunday that although he hates the idea of racial profiling, it might just be time to start implementing it anyway.
I think profiling is something that were going to have to start thinking about as a country, Trump said in an interview on CBS Face the Nation. And other countries do it; you look at Israel and you look at others and they do it, and they do it successfully.
You know, I hate the concept of profiling, he added. But we have to start using common sense and we have to use, you know, we have to use our heads. We really have to look at profiling. We have to look at it seriously. And other countries do it, and its not the worst thing to do. I hate the concept of profiling, but we have to use common sense. Were not using common sense.
What I want to know is how do you tell a Muslim from a Christian. Do we make the Muslims wear a star and crescent patch on their clothes?
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)Spacedog1973
(221 posts)Suspicion of being Muslim until proved otherwise based upon physical appearance.
And the worst thing is; Donald Trump knows that. And doesn't care. In fact, by religious profiling, he understands it as racial profiling, which is a give away.
Every 'middle eastern-featured man, woman and child' will be profiled under the guise of religious profiling under Trump's America.
And Donald is cool with that.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)He doesn't want the job and his party doesn't want to give it to him.
Might as well talk about policy under president Easter Bunny. Both presidencies are equally likely to happen.
malaise
(268,949 posts)Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)But, if you couple voter suppression with the divisiveness within the Democratic Party between the Clintonites and the Bernie-bots (full disclosure: I supported Bernie, but will vote Blue!), and then toss in FOX News doing everything in their power to crucify Hillary, I will be nervous until the Electoral Congress votes!