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Right, because calling Mexican immigrants to the United States "criminals, drug dealers, rapists" is a completely reasonable position. I'm sure that many of the
by rmxt 11y ago
Right, because calling Mexican immigrants to the United States "criminals, drug dealers, rapists" is a completely reasonable position. I'm sure that many of the 100+ million people in the United States that are non-white would definitely agree with that.
http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trumps-epic-statement-on-mexico-2015-7 http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trumps-epic-statement-...
- a8da6b0c91d 11y agoA lot of them do. And the white majority doesn't find the discussion around that point unreasonable. Like I said, you're just out of touch.
- gjm11 11y agoJust out of curiosity, what do you think about "that point"? Do you think the Mexican government is pushing large numbers of drug dealers and rapists into the USA? Do you think this is an issue important enough that it should be a major part of a would-be president's campaigning?
- mikeash 11y agoWhat's your basis for that statement?
- rmxt 11y agoBeing "out of touch" with "the white majority" (or anyone for that matter) is fine by me, if it means being able to have nuanced and rational opinions. (Unlike Trump's broad brush statements.) Furthermore, your argumentum ad populum doesn't make Trump's statement any more just or accurate.
- thanatropism 11y agoDid the parent poster say "reasonable"? He said "mainstream".
- rmxt 11y agoI wrote the above in response to the GP position that they have "heard no extreme positions [from Trump]." I swear I didn't edit the page to include this: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extreme#Antonyms https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/extreme#Antonyms
- xname 11y agoSimple fact, he did not call Mexican immigrants to the United States "criminals, drug dealers, rapists". What he said is: Mexico government sent "criminals, drug dealers, rapists" to the U.S. Maybe you don\t care the difference. whatever.