"Men in Black" has a wonderful scene in which Will Smith is being tested in a rapid fire challenge, where he has to make an instantaneous decision who to shoot in a dark alley at 3 AM and three images are flashed before him: A monster from outer space hanging from a street light, a monster holding a Kleenex and a sweet looking 8 year old White girl holding books on quantum physics. He shoots the girl. Every other candidate shoots the monsters. When asked why he shot the girl, Will says, "She is the one who had no business being in that alley at 3 AM. The other two are just minding business."
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He thought contrarian and he was correct.
The fact is, we all profile. Walking down a dark street at night, if we are White, we don't cross to the other side if we see a white haired lady in a prim suit walking toward us; we cross if we are approached by a big Black guy or maybe by a guy with a beard and one of those Muslim hats. Everyone's a little bit racist, especially when afraid.
Following the New York City murderous spree by a young, bearded Muslim from Uzbekistan, the Dotard thundered we have to keep these European problems (i.e. Muslims) out of the country and we can't afford to be "politically correct," which meant we cannot afford to deny profiling is a safety measure. We all profile, based on race, ethnicity, fear.
While Chris Coumo and the entire array of anti Trump media have howled that 99.9% of all American Muslims are horrified by this terrorist attack and would never do any such thing, that this man was admitted to the country 5 years ago and only became radicalized once he was here, so no vetting could have identified him as a problem because we was not a problem then, he misses the point.
If someone is going to go on line and watch videos from ISIS, it's not going to be your Black inner city kid or your white grandma. It's going to be the bearded kid from Uzbekistan--or maybe he won't have a beard, but he's Muslim, like the Uzbekistan Boston Bombers.
I do not have the solution to what you do about terrorism, home grown, imported or otherwise. But Trump has a point which liberals have got to answer. If we have a community from which terrorists, some terrorists at least, have been visibly grown, we have to come up with a response which reassures the potential targets of these maniacs while preserving the ideal of diversity.
It is no wonder that Trump relished the name of the immigration program, "Diversity Immigration." See what diversity gets us?
Of course, as we have seen, diversity enriches us, as it does in Brooklyn and throughout our country. It is the real strength of America, we look different; we may speak different languages at home, but when we go to work or get on the subway, we live and function harmoniously together. We are the Starship Enterprise and this enterprise should go forth boldly where others fear to tread.
But first we have to think of an answer to Trump's expostulations of fear and loathing.
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He thought contrarian and he was correct.
The fact is, we all profile. Walking down a dark street at night, if we are White, we don't cross to the other side if we see a white haired lady in a prim suit walking toward us; we cross if we are approached by a big Black guy or maybe by a guy with a beard and one of those Muslim hats. Everyone's a little bit racist, especially when afraid.
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| Bearded Muslim |
Following the New York City murderous spree by a young, bearded Muslim from Uzbekistan, the Dotard thundered we have to keep these European problems (i.e. Muslims) out of the country and we can't afford to be "politically correct," which meant we cannot afford to deny profiling is a safety measure. We all profile, based on race, ethnicity, fear.
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| Bearded Jew |
While Chris Coumo and the entire array of anti Trump media have howled that 99.9% of all American Muslims are horrified by this terrorist attack and would never do any such thing, that this man was admitted to the country 5 years ago and only became radicalized once he was here, so no vetting could have identified him as a problem because we was not a problem then, he misses the point.
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| Ran Down Dozens in Charlottesville, VA Beardless |
If someone is going to go on line and watch videos from ISIS, it's not going to be your Black inner city kid or your white grandma. It's going to be the bearded kid from Uzbekistan--or maybe he won't have a beard, but he's Muslim, like the Uzbekistan Boston Bombers.
I do not have the solution to what you do about terrorism, home grown, imported or otherwise. But Trump has a point which liberals have got to answer. If we have a community from which terrorists, some terrorists at least, have been visibly grown, we have to come up with a response which reassures the potential targets of these maniacs while preserving the ideal of diversity.
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| Bearded Terrorists White Supremicist Style: Boys will be Boys |
It is no wonder that Trump relished the name of the immigration program, "Diversity Immigration." See what diversity gets us?
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| Bearded Traitor |
Of course, as we have seen, diversity enriches us, as it does in Brooklyn and throughout our country. It is the real strength of America, we look different; we may speak different languages at home, but when we go to work or get on the subway, we live and function harmoniously together. We are the Starship Enterprise and this enterprise should go forth boldly where others fear to tread.
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| Bearded Liberator |
But first we have to think of an answer to Trump's expostulations of fear and loathing.
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| Bearded Hero |
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