Posted on 12/02/2015 7:00:28 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda
Donald Trump is a bigot and a racist
Letâs not mince words: Donald Trump is a bigot and a racist.
Some will think this an outrageous label to apply to the frontrunner for a major partyâs presidential nomination. Ordinarily, I would agree that name-calling is part of whatâs wrong with our politics.
But there is a greater imperative not to be silent in the face of demagoguery. Trump in this campaign has gone after African Americans, immigrants, Latinos, Asians, women, Muslims and now the disabled. His pattern brings to mind the famous words of Martin Neimoller, the pastor and concentration camp survivor (âFirst they came for the socialistsâ¦â) that Ohio Gov. John Kasich adroitly used in a video last week attacking Trumpâs hateful broadsides.
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It was mainly a man's name in UK and US until around the 60s, when it started to be more widely used for women.
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