As ardent readers of mine should know by now, I am in no way, shape, or form a supporter of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. He comes across as arrogant, angry, greedy, delusional, ill-informed, racist, sexist, xenophobic, and dangerous. If this man gets elected president, I think it would place the United States in a bad spot, both domestically and internationally. He'd further divide this country, which is saying something considering how divided we are already. We'd likely suffer economically, environmentally, educationally, and militarily. I will do anything and everything (within reason) to make certain this man doesn't get elected president. In saying all of that, however, Donald Trump is not Adolf Hitler as some have suggested.
Over the past week, Mexican presidents (past and present), comedians, conservative and liberal columnists, not to mention Democratic and Republican politicians have compared Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, noting his tone and gestures among other things. While we should all be quite wary of a potential Donald Trump presidency and should do everything in our power to prevent it from happening, making the Hitler comparison is always a difficult, if not downright ridiculous one to make. There can be no questioning the fact that Donald Trump's campaign has been incredibly divisive and offensive. The man has generalized Mexican illegal immigrants as "rapists"; he's called for the temporary ban on Muslims from entering our country; he's insulted prisoners of war; he's poked fun at Asian-Americans; the man hasn't been too quick to disavow David Duke, the Ku Klux Klan, and other white supremacists; he's stereotyped Jewish-Americans; he's teased the disabled; I could go on and on. The man has enthused white supremacist groups. He's even asked rally audience members to raise their hands and pledge (sounds like a chant) to vote for him in primaries, which some Holocaust survivors have complained reminded them of Hitler and Nazi Germany. Of course, Trump has denied it was his intent to offend Holocaust survivors with this pledge, and while I believe him, the optics of it are still quite unpleasant, it was incredibly insensitive, and I have a difficult time believing his ignorance on the matter as he contends. Look, I dislike the thought of a Trump presidency more than just about anyone, but Adolf Hitler was responsible for the death of approximately 6 million Jews during the Holocaust. Let's call Donald Trump out for his seemingly constant hateful, inaccurate, and dangerous comments and policy ideas, but let's not go the hyperbolic route by comparing the man to Hitler. Not only is the comparison an inaccurate one, it temporarily helps the media take its focus off Trump's numerous flip-flops, gaffes, and angry, dangerous rhetoric, and instead place it on the comparison and the inaccuracy of it.
Over the past week, Mexican presidents (past and present), comedians, conservative and liberal columnists, not to mention Democratic and Republican politicians have compared Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, noting his tone and gestures among other things. While we should all be quite wary of a potential Donald Trump presidency and should do everything in our power to prevent it from happening, making the Hitler comparison is always a difficult, if not downright ridiculous one to make. There can be no questioning the fact that Donald Trump's campaign has been incredibly divisive and offensive. The man has generalized Mexican illegal immigrants as "rapists"; he's called for the temporary ban on Muslims from entering our country; he's insulted prisoners of war; he's poked fun at Asian-Americans; the man hasn't been too quick to disavow David Duke, the Ku Klux Klan, and other white supremacists; he's stereotyped Jewish-Americans; he's teased the disabled; I could go on and on. The man has enthused white supremacist groups. He's even asked rally audience members to raise their hands and pledge (sounds like a chant) to vote for him in primaries, which some Holocaust survivors have complained reminded them of Hitler and Nazi Germany. Of course, Trump has denied it was his intent to offend Holocaust survivors with this pledge, and while I believe him, the optics of it are still quite unpleasant, it was incredibly insensitive, and I have a difficult time believing his ignorance on the matter as he contends. Look, I dislike the thought of a Trump presidency more than just about anyone, but Adolf Hitler was responsible for the death of approximately 6 million Jews during the Holocaust. Let's call Donald Trump out for his seemingly constant hateful, inaccurate, and dangerous comments and policy ideas, but let's not go the hyperbolic route by comparing the man to Hitler. Not only is the comparison an inaccurate one, it temporarily helps the media take its focus off Trump's numerous flip-flops, gaffes, and angry, dangerous rhetoric, and instead place it on the comparison and the inaccuracy of it.
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