Who is they? Conservative leaders in this cycle paint an entire people of a Religion as bad or not to be trusted. Judging a people because of their faith, setting a litmus test for immigration based on religion, profiling Americans for the way the worship are all (IMO) unconstitutional and horrible examples of what your leaders have been saying. There are Christians in this country that are just as fanatical. There are anti government white Conservative wack jobs that are just as fanatical. Should we hold all White Male Conservatives and Christians to the same standards in our Country as many in the Conservative movement want to hold all Muslims. American Muslims are asked to condemn Muslim Terrorist attacks. As a Christian I don't recall being asked to defend Christianity because the guy who attacked Planned Parenthood, or Timothy McVeigh, or that wack job church that protests Military Funerals.
This responding to each paragraph is taking too long so I'll just pick a few.
I've not heard anyone condemn the entire Muslim faith. What I have heard is that a small portion of the faith wants to kill everyone that isn't of the faith and even some that are that don't believe as they do. When that small portion is taken from over a billion people, then you have to be careful with people immigrating from the troubled areas they are coming from lest some of those be the ones that want to kill us all. Nothing wrong with that at all.
Most Christians I know already condemn those sorts of things without being prompted and while there are those types of whackos, 1, they are already citizens here and chances are the Feds are already aware of them, 2. There aren't near as many of them as there are Muslim extremists and 3, those types of folk aren't nearly as dangerous as the Muslim terrorist variety. Shall we compare damage and body counts world wide?
I get it now your generalizing democrats.
I did yeah.
Personal? Really I see a Conservative congress who's personal mission was to block anything the President wanted to do. I see a Conservative Congress that would say the sky was green if the President said it was blue. Do I dislike some of the things he says when addressing opposing politicians yes. Do I understand why he does it, yes. I do think he should be above it.
They absolutely have not opposed everything he wants. As a matter of fact, they have given him nearly everything he wants. They have funded all of his programs (even the illegal ones) through the next years budget. They may talk the game that they won't support him, but when it has come to actual votes, they back down and give in. And on things they absolutely should have fought back they barely whimper.
After his honeymoon period, he may have claimed to want to work with folk, but his tone and words have contained nothing but hostility and contempt for those that do not support him for the vast majority of his tenure as president. As you and I are currently doing, you can disagree without being uncivil, and he cannot hide his superiority complex and vitriol for the other side when he speaks. It oozes from him and as you said, he should be above it.
That isn't happening nor has it ever. Refugees are all vetted certainly vetted more than anyone here trying to buy a gun at gun show. Or the people on the no fly list who are allowed to buy guns.
Really? I watched CSPAN the other day and a hearing was being held regarding this exact thing. The lady who was either the head of the agency doing it or their rep could not answer a single question asked by ANY congress person regarding the process, number of visas given, how many have been retracted, where those people were, how many refugees had been checked, etc. The head of the FBI says it isn't being done nearly comprehensively enough and couldn't be because of the circumstances in their homes.
There are controls, to suggest otherwise is being intellectually dishonest.
I didn't mean "no" controls and should have been more accurate. How about not nearly adequate enough. And as such, I have no problem stopping refugees from coming in the country until they can be made so. That isn't racist, it's self preservation. How about we do more to help them in their own country rather than bringing them here. And as for illegal aliens, That is a no control system. And the president and his folk are being ridiculous to demand "reform" before dealing with the source of the problem you are trying to have a second round of reforms for.
I really don't think you know what Bernie stands for or what Democratic Socialism is. No one is talking about the government controlling all means of production, and that is what you are referring to. Go listen to what Bernie says, and really listen. He has done speeches just on what he believe Democratic Socialism is and it isn't the bogeyman you are afraid of.
Democratic socialism is what a few EU countries have and are dealing with the issues they have created over the years. How does Greece, France and Spain seem to be doing overall with both the government and in some cases refugees? In nearly all of the cases the groups that claim to be democratic socialists are also rebels or extremists in South America and other places. The Democratic Socialist end goal is to convert the capitalist system to a socialist one. In the long run it doesn't work. No thank you.
I could say the same to you. But let me ask you this, do you really believe that what the Bush administration did allowed the economy to rebound (even if it isn't a great rebound) from the worst recession since the Great Depression?
I don't agree with everything Bush and his admin did so please don't be like Jiggy and throw Bush at me as an historical argument. But since you did, He did lots right to help an economy that was hit hard after 911 and he did lots wrong. But the current president acts as if we are back to where we were when Reagan left office and it just isn't so. This economy is only slightly if better at all than it was when he took office and it's 7 plus years later. Some economist say we arEn't even really out of the recession yet.
Look at your leaders. Look at what southern conservative governors and legislatures are doing. Look at what is said everyday on your news shows, talk shows, and by many people in your party. You hear it all the time it's pervasive. You may not want to admit it and I don't think it applies to you, but why is Trump leading your party in Presidential race?
Come on really. You're ignoring what your party leaders are saying. Who is leading your party for the office of the Presidency says. What your news media and talk shows say. I don't label someone as racist lightly, you are right some Dems do. It is unfortunate, but it is also unfortunate when people get so wrapped up in an ideology whether it is a political, religious, whatever.
I am trying to listen to what they are saying, but I am trying to find all of what they are saying not just the sound bites the media is posting and playing over and over again. Plus I listen to follow up conversations I can find for more context. Trump isn't my guy, Cruz is out of what is. But while he is coarse and never politically correct, Trump believes in border control, fighting the terrorists there not here, a better tax code, wants to cut EPA, Education and planned Parenthood funding or eliminate. He believes Obamacare is an anchor. That stuff resonates and while people may not like all his positions, you never have that perfect candidate. Even independents know Hillary is Obama 2 and don't want more of that and there are both DEms and independents that say they would vote for him.