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As another commenter said, "perceived to be" is the key phrase. This administrations rhetoric is bombastic and often times xenophobic. That rhetoric creates a
by etchalon 7y ago
As another commenter said, "perceived to be" is the key phrase.
This administrations rhetoric is bombastic and often times xenophobic. That rhetoric creates a different perception and generates mistrust.
Imagine you had two co-workers. One was incredibly clumsy, and constantly, accidentally, stepped on people's foot. They always apologized, and generally tried to make it right, but every day, someone's foot was stepped on.
Another co-worker walks around talking about how they're going to punch every one in the face. They punch a lot of people in the face, more often than not people who don't deserve it.
By the numbers, the first co-worker is harming far more people.
But the second one is the guy who gets fired.
- turk73 7y agoPunching people in the face is called "assault" and it is illegal. Accidentally stepping on people's feet is not a crime. Your analogy is thus crap. Also, under Trump, the US is enforcing its laws and nothing more. It's the media that has filled your head with ideas about how awful this all is. There is nothing xenophobic about doing what literally every other country on the planet does, which is protect its own borders. Bombastic? Obama was never bombastic? We got saddled with the ACA because of that twit and his Chicago political machine corruption.