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Originally Posted by Buster
It should be obvious that my effort here is to hold the discussion to account, much more than it is to defend Trump's policies.
Is it informative to you, to have the dominant conversation in the election be:
- A bunch of people yelling "RACIST!"
- A bunch of people yelling "CROOK!:
And seeing who can shout the other one down most loudly?
Do you not see the irony in complaining about Trump's lack of policy discussion on important topics, and then firehosing the term "RACIST" all over the place? It's all the same garbage.
There are real discussions to be had about how to handle immigration issues with respect to Mexico. There are real discussions to be had about how to handle the spread of Islam, and how that might impact our immigration policy. Sometimes those discussions might involve uncomfortable truths and distasteful policy suggestions. At that point we can toss them based on lack of merit. (Although it is worth noting that Trump's policy suggestion on handling Islam, abhorrent as it is, is also the ONLY policy suggestion on the table.)
When you apply the word "racist", in a disingenuous interpretation of his "policy" suggestion, then you are throwing a hand grenade into the room where reasonable people are trying to have a discussion on the actual stupidity of the actual policy.
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You were the one to bring up the racist talk, so talk about disingenuous. I characterize Trump as a self-aggrandizing narcissist, whose greatest talent is self-promotion. I don't need to enter into the racist/xenophobe discussion in order to disqualify him as a candidate.
But sure, let's talk about policies.