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Oh, I did not read the thread closely enough. The muslim country travel ban, yes, there are many examples. China, not that I know of.
by blindmute 5y ago
Oh, I did not read the thread closely enough. The muslim country travel ban, yes, there are many examples. China, not that I know of.
- ehsankia 5y agoFor the other ban, the fact that he called it a "muslim ban" and the specific countries that were picked is what made it racist and ineffective. It's hard to claim it's for security when they didn't include UAE, KSA, Egypt or Lebanon where the 9/11 hijackers were from [0]. It also happened to exclude all muslim countries where Trump has business in. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijackers_in_the_September_11_attacks#Hijackers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijackers_in_the_September_11_... So yes, it had no other purpose than being racist. Just like Trump didn't really care to use the time bought by the Chinese travel ban to actually develop tests or ramp up PPE. It always was a show rooted in xenophobia.