Trump: non whites; non Christians; the showers.
Today, for the first time in over a month, I tuned my TV to a "news" station. It was CNN.
Although I spend time online, I somehow missed mentions of the rise of anti-semitism in America. But this morning, watching CNN, reality hit me in the face like a sledge hammer. Until today, I had no idea of the degree to which synagogues and Jewish cemeteries had been defaced in many areas of the country. (I guess my ignorance of what's going on is the price of trying to tune out reality for a while.)
I live in Palm Beach County, Florida where there is a large population of blacks, Hispanics and Jews, which is why this County always votes Democratic.
But to get back to the point. Trump's hatred of Muslims is out in the open for everyone to see. His animosity towards black people is only slightly more subtle. And then there is the claim he made that "I am the least anti-Semitic person person you've ever seen."
I know a few Muslims, and quite a few blacks and Jews. The Muslims I know are American citizens and didn't vote for Trump. None of the blacks I know voted for Trump. But two of the Jews I know did vote for him.
Since being elected, Trump has appointed Steve Bannon, a notorious white supremacist, as his chief of staff. And he's appointed Jeff Sessions, a lifelong bigot, as his Attorney General. These appointments are statements that are impossible to misread. The words that come out of Trump's mouth are meaningless bullshit. His appointments are solid demonstrations of who he is.
Earlier today, I mentioned this to a Jewish acquaintance who voted for Trump. He took offense at what I was saying. For some unimaginable reason, he didn't relate Trump's ascendance to power, with the rise of anti semitism in the country. That's when I totally lost it. I asked him if he'd "get it" as he was being marched to "the showers."
He hung up on me and I doubt if we'll ever speak again. But I firmly believe that Trump has opened the door to the unspeakable horrors that we've seen in the not too distant past.
Without our strong, sustained opposition, I really believe that Muslims, blacks, Jews, and every other religious or racial minority will soon be (or actually are) in dire danger. And yes, I know how extreme that sounds. But then, what sane, intelligent German citizen could have foreseen, back in the early 1930s, what their country was about to become? Many of them didn't go along with it. But it didn't take long before the reality that descended on them became apparent. Their speaking out would result in the death of their families and themselves.
To anyone who believes "It can't happen here," wake up. Tens of millions of your fellow Americans voted for the monstrosity in the White House and the criminal enterprise called the Republican Party. If you believe that these people have any conscience, "patriotism," or any other so called American value, don't be surprised when you find youself being crushed like like a roach by an iron boot.
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but hate Jews. 
That probably isn't a popular position in this thread, but as an American Jew, I would never, ever, make a comment to a fellow Jew, even one whose politics are fundamentally at odds with mine, along those lines. And it is something that a non-Jew has absolutely no business saying to a Jew.
I've seen it from both sides. I've had non-Jews tell me I'm foolish for opposing restrictions on Muslim immigration and refugees, because "of all people" I should be concerned about the danger these people pose. Well, I can make my own decisions about who poses a danger to me and what that danger is. And, quite frankly, I feel I have more to fear, in terms of threats to my religious liberty and freedom from discrimination, from the enablers of anti-Semitism the current president has elevated to his inner circle than I do from Syrian refugees or from the supposed threat of "Sharia law."
Similarly, a non-Jew equating the Trump administration with the Nazis and suggesting that left unchecked Trump will have Jews marched off to the gas chambers and any Jew who voted for Trump is themselves a Nazi by extension has crossed the line. Maybe you're convinced that a new Holocaust is a real risk. But I think most Jews view that as hyperbole. There are very good reasons why American Jews shouldn't support Trump or republicans in general. But those reasons don't require end of the world hyperbole. And they don't require the argument, which also is hyperbole, that repubs love Israel but hate Jews. Maybe that's accurate for some, but its no more accurate as a generalization than the statement that progressives love Jews but hate Israel.
So, you might consider apologizing for going all gas chamber on your friend and instead try to make a case based on your understanding of how Trump's policies aren't good for Jews. How someone who appeals to bigotry by denigrating those who choose to say "seasons greetings" rather than "merry Christmas", who mocks ethnic, religious and other minority groups (including the disabled), in direct contradiction to Jewish tradition of having an open door (at Passover we invite in "all who are hungry... all who are needy"
, who adopts policies that will only exacerbate tensions between Israel and its neighbors and between Jews and Muslim, is not someone who a Jew should be supporting.
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But I still believe that cutting off all contact with Trumpsters is a valid course of action.
As usual, it falls on deaf ears, because who are you to "Jewsplain" to someone who isn't Jewish! How dare you! You must be a right-winger! 
Typical how someone who does something fucking offensive as hell turns it into "s/he's really the victim in all this."
We have to realize we will continue to get it from both sides and many will delight in blaming us for the "president", all 2.2% of us.
Perhaps you should have praised his leadership (paraphrasing Scary Spice). 
