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Experts calculate that the chances of being killed by a refugee turned terrorist is 3.6 Billion to one. Your chances of being struck by lightning in any given year is 1 in 960,000. So we should be 3,750 times more concerned about being concerned about being struck by lighting than being killed by a refugee.
Conclusion, if refugees scare you so much that you would support not allowing them to come to into the US, you are a real coward.
http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/what-are-the-chances-of-being-killed-by-a-terrorist-attack-on-us-soil
AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)to be killed by trump supporters?
SHRED
(28,136 posts)That's why fear mongering works so well on them about POC and other religions.
lame54
(35,287 posts)gordianot
(15,237 posts)I figure that is where this is going. Right now they are getting what they want so no need to protest, that will not last.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)fun n serious
(4,451 posts)Caliman73
(11,736 posts)Racists are usually reacting out of fear of the unknown or out of some sense of overblown fear from something that happened to them or someone they know at the hands of an individual of the hated group.
CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)Which is one of the reasons the biggest racist seldom get over that fear and try to never communicate with the hated group and therefore remain racist all of their lives. The only hope is that they don't effectively communicate their fear and racism to their children. Then their children can commingle and ultimately become better, more tolerant human beings.
I thing this progression from generation to generation is why racism is slowly dying out in the South. I hope it is anyway.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)Ace Rothstein
(3,161 posts)He went off about no more political correctness or some other nonsense.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)So it is only proper to avoid "Nationalist", "White Supremacist", "Alt-Right" and call them the angry, fearful, racist, assholes that they are.
CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)That's why conservative politicians can control them by making them afraid.
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)terrorist gets within 10,000 miles of you. Scared,yeah of dying a hideous slow death from cancer. Want to spend umpteen billions?!?! Then freaking DO IT on cancer research instead of endless wars.
JHB
(37,159 posts)They're making decisions on bad information, but slurping all that bad information is all on them.
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bettyellen
(47,209 posts)revmclaren
(2,519 posts)Why are you here?
ElkeH
(105 posts)Their real worry in regard to national security is that Muslims will "attack" the US with their skin color and their culture.
HassleCat
(6,409 posts)It's a two for one deal. We ban lightning and tornadoes at a single stroke.
GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)They are just plain racist
alterfurz
(2,474 posts)...who cower behind a giant wall, watch only Fox News, and need a gun to go out to get a sandwich. -- Twitter
CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts). . . . and then I reminded him that I am a 5th Black Belt and that I didn't hide behind a wall or a gun.
lostnfound
(16,177 posts)Better framing for your question..
rock
(13,218 posts)They are cowards (like Trump).
JI7
(89,248 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)For Hitler it was Jews. For tRump it's Muslims. What's the difference?
Cary
(11,746 posts)Are more well developed.
Initech
(100,068 posts)Glamrock
(11,796 posts)Strange coincidence, I was thinking along these same lines this afternoon. Home of the brave my ass. Brave is sticking to your values when times get tough. Can't think of anything, ANY-FUCKING-THING that encapsulates our values more than the Statue of Liberty and the message she represents. If you're gonna let Bill O'Reilly scare you into throwing those values out the window, than you're a coward. As liar spice would say, PERIOD!
YoungDemCA
(5,714 posts)Then yes, they are indeed.