Let's do the same to Christians because they must all be secret KKK members because THAT radical Christian group claims to follow the Bible.
It's unconstitutional and un-American. And it's basically the same thing Hitler did to the Jews.
There's a lot about "The Donald" in the news since he began campaigning for President. But this latest vocal condemnation on Muslim Americans has even the Republicans distancing themselves from him. One can simply do a Google or Bing search for "republicans distance themselves from trump Muslim" and find a slew of recent articles stating this. Here's just one: "GOP leaders distance themselves from Trump Muslim comments". Even other celebrities are criticizing his hate speeches. "Donald Trump: Piers Morgan, Muhammad Ali and others criticizing [sic] Republican candidate after Muslim ban speech."
But that doesn't seem to dampen the spirits of those willing to get behind him and admit (publicly, no less) that they'll vote for him. Why is that? It's simple, really. There are, sadly, people today - just like there were in WWII and have been throughout history, that fall for charisma. They fall for the fake compliments and promises. They so desperately need to have someone speak for them that they follow the first lunatic (and it's always a lunatic) that speaks out. We saw it with Hitler and the German people. They were as downtrodden as many feel we are today and they saw no way out. So when this little Austrian Jew, son of an unwed prostitute, spoke out against the Jews, blaming them for all the problems in Germany, many listened. None stopped to think that the Perfect Arian he touted looked nothing like him. They never questioned where he came from or what his background or credentials were. They were blind to all that because - he was saying what they wanted to hear.
Today is no different. People want to blame someone for the problems they have, they NEED to blame someone, anyone, to make it all make sense and ease their pains. What they fail to comprehend is that blaming a group of people is never the answer to anything. No single group of people can be blamed for something - especially when the blamed group is as diversified as those listening to their Demigod. But prejudice and bigotry blinds the eyes and ears to this pure and simple truth. Not all people are alike and not all religions are alike and not all people practicing a same-named religion are alike. Do all Christians believe what the KKK preach? Of course not and to blindly ban all Christians for what the KKK radical Christian group does is just as wrong as what Trump and his followers want to do to American Muslims.
The United States of America was founded on Separation of Church and State - that means freedom of religion for everyone, not just Christian religions. If we take this right away from one group, one day it will be taken from us. Today America is a country where people are allowed to choose. They can choose everything from their religion to not even having one. That is their American right. All Americans have this gift ... white, black, Asian, Native American, Latino, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, and all in-between.
Remember 2 things: 1] What you deny someone today will one day be denied to you. 2] If you can not show compassion for those less fortunate than you, you can not expect compassion from those more fortunate than you.
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