CNN, and the social media has been agog
with the latest Donald Trumps declaration
of banning Muslims from entering
America. For the past few days I have
remained fixed on CNN watching how the
American media has become so
bemused with Trumps soaring position at
the polls, regardless of his very wild and
unpresidential statements. The fixation on
a candidate who trades yabis for
substance has become awesome. There
seem to be this love hate relationship with
the American media. Hummm! America
for show.
On the 7th of December 2015 the front runner
of the Republican Party, Donald Trump
advocated for a "total and complete shutdown of
Muslims entering the United States"
Since then Trump has been widely and correctly
criticized for this, accused of wanting to
reproduce discriminatory policies like those of
prewar Europe, when Jews were forcibly
registered. But looking at the timeline of events
since the Paris attacks, and indeed in the months
before them, it becomes clear that Trump isn't
actually the problem here. It has become obvious
that Trump is merely indulging a sentiment that
was already widespread, especially after the
Paris/California shooting.
The fact that Trump has bluntly refused to stand
down on his declaration about Muslims which is
getting widespread outrage shows how
accustomed Americans have become to out-in-
the-open anti-Muslim prejudice in the country.
Can't say I blame them that much.
America's climate of anti-Muslim hatred and fear
is on the high rise, a form of bigotry known as
Islamophobia, is rampaging out of control. And it
has very real and legitimately scary implications
for the millions of Americans who follow Islam.
The day after Trump's "I no send you"
comments, a makeshift militia, wearing military-
style camo, some of them masked, showed up
outside an Islamic center in Irving, Texas,
carrying assault rifles and announcing they had
come to stop the "Islamization of
America." Where is all of this heading to, one
wonders. It's not that Trump is the cause of such
strong anti-Muslim hatred but rather that his
comments widely believed and legitimately
popular among a slice of Americans is the leading
edge of an Islamophobic movement that may
turn violent. It may no longer be police shooting
Inocent black, but average Americans hunting
and killing Muslims.
The threat of violence often has the same
theatrical point as violence itself, to terrify and
intimidate, to inflict psychological suffering on
the targeted group in the form of fear and
alienation, to force that targeted group to live a
little bit less in the open and more in the
shadows.
So my question is this, for how long will Donald
Trump be allowed to fan this Islamophobic
messages which is definitely causing the GOPs
sleepless nights. Is he going to be the favoured
candidate for the republicans. A good meal for
Hillary Clinton if you ask me. How can the
excesses of Trump be cut down. For months,
Trump has defied the laws of political correctness
and gravity by maintaining his lead despite a
never-ending string of mis-yarns and
controversies. I strongly doubt if his improbable
campaign can go the distance
Yesoooo, America may be down for the show.
After all, slizzy shows like Jerry Springer was a
Hit. But It is time for Americans to restore their
political reputation by demonstrating the ability
of the American political process to deflate the
bubble of a candidate so high on self-importance
and so low on policy-specifics. Donald is definitely
in for the show, the new Reality show. Maybe
very soon, republicans will have this to say. YOU
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