For example, Trump was asked if he might consider "registering Muslims in a database" or giving them a form of special identification that noted their religion. Most of the "plans" were suggested by the reporter conducting the interview. The media did its best to drive the debate by using one of its favorite tactics for generating inflammatory headlines: 1) propose an absurd solution to a problem, and ask a politician if he'd consider it, 2) if politician gives politiciany non-answer, immediately publish headline declaring "Politician Open to Absurd Solution," because they decline to "rule it out."Ĭonsider this Yahoo News interview with Trump, touting the candidate's "big plans" for addressing Islamic radicalism. Mike Huckabee reminded us that he's still running for president, urging Americans to "wake up and smell the falafel." Ben Carson used a rabid dog analogy in a discussion about refugees. Donald Trump abides. Some want to impose "religious tests" on the refugees we let into the country.
State lawmakers in Missouri are calling for a special session to address the "potential Islamization" of their state. Japanese internment was invoked-favorably- by a Democratic mayor. This past week we had ourselves a hot debate about accepting Syrian refugees into the country. We'd deserve that, too, just like we deserved a Thursday night football game between the 2-7 Tennessee Titans and the 3-6 Jacksonville Jaguars. But he probably won't. Hillary remains the most likely winner in 2016, in which case we'll get eight more years of uninspired gridlock and, if we're lucky, a handful of donor-friendly bipartisan deals and/or bungled wars. We deserve Donald Trump, and there is a not unrealistic scenario in which he will actually become president. America's politicians and thought leaders have covered themselves in glory, and covered everyone else in the sticky hotness of their takes. It's been one hell of a week since the terror attacks in Paris.
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