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It is totally false to say Trump has enacted a law to ban people from entering the US based on their religion. Totally false. Is it true that Rudy Giulani has
by alva 10y ago
It is totally false to say Trump has enacted a law to ban people from entering the US based on their religion. Totally false.
Is it true that Rudy Giulani has said this. It also true Trump has said in the past he wants a Muslim ban. It is also true that many people believe this action is a step in the direction of a Muslim Ban.
But this is not a Muslim Ban at this stage and presenting it as such is a lie and misleading.
I agree that alarms should be going of all over the place in the mainstream news about this action and would encourage all of the opinion pieces to stress this could be a step towards a full Muslim Ban. That is for the Opinion pieces however.
- volkadav 10y agoHe's instituted a ban based on ethnic origin from countries that are majority-Muslim (for that reason), has in the past called for a Muslim ban, and the architect of the ban has said it's a Muslim ban. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and in a feat of amazing linguistic ability for a waterfowl looks you dead in the eye and says "I'M A DUCK!" what are we supposed to call it, a giraffe? To engage with pedantry for a moment, the ban may be more precisely an ethnicity or nationality one, but that's just as wholly unjust. Don't lose sight of the forest for the trees. The essential malfeasance here is bigotry written into law, the particular shade of that bigotry is immaterial.
- alva 10y agoI think your analysis of the situation is likely correct and I condemn it. I still believe the mainstream news should Clearly separate the cold hard facts from analysis and opinion.
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