From another thread:
Do women who wear short skirts deserved to be raped?
Those who blame Trump for this event are making the same type of argument.
The protesters are provoking a confrontation and then blaming the victim.
These protester are engaging in a crime of intimidation just as a rapist is engaging in a crime of power.
Wittgensteinian Logic
Please see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Wittgenstein
Do you suppose Trump is rethinking his condemnation of Pamela Geller?
The blame Trump should be and is responsible for is indirect but he can use for both for advantage and for the good of the country.
His rhetoric e.g. sometimes dipping into crude & rude
His policies e.g. sometimes divisive - ban muslim refugees
Has indeed created an environment, (a lightening rod) for such protests.
I don’t believe Trumps critics have been blaming him personally or directly.
However Trump has an opportunity to be presidential, seize the moment and try to unite, no longer divide.
If Trump succeeds in that he wins.
Cruz is sounding more like the the Left and Obama all the time. After all isn’t it America’s fault that America’s enemies hate her and that things like 9-11 happened?
Sadness.