Donald Trump and the "T" Word
It's not hard to connect the dots
As reported in The New Republic last week, "Immigrants are no longer welcome in Donald Trump’s America. Instead, according to the former President, the Republican presidential nominee posited that under his potential second administration, he would round up and mass-deport noncitizens - legal or undocumented.
When asked recently about how they would logistically handle the deportation of more than 10 million people, Trump replied that it would be simple based on their “serial numbers.”
Speaking with Full Measure’s Sharyl Attkisson, Trump argued that the United States — which was founded by and has historically been a nation of immigrants — shouldn’t be a “dumping ground” for newcomers."
Donald Trump stopped short of using the word that is surely on his brain and that of other supporters of his mass deportation proposal . . . TATTOO. Such an utterance would tread dangerously close to a direct line to the Nazi regime. I give him a 50% chance of slipping up and using even the T words in the next few weeks. Some member of the press is bound to ask the question of how ICE and other law enforcement agents will identify these immigrants if they don't voluntarily carry identification papers denoting their "serial number" .
The next logical step is to force them to display their number. This is a shame from which the United States of America may never recover.
Does anyone believe that a man, who happily separated children from their families after his election back in 2016, would not stoop to this?
Imagine this: Take the institution or organization closest to your heart, the organization that you would defend to the ends of the earth. Maybe it's your church, your ethnic group, your local homeless shelter, or your neighborhood watch organization. Now imagine that the President announced that all of the people associated with this organization would receive a serial number tattooed on their arm. What would be your reaction?
The strongest force in our society is the gravitational force of community. That place where we can see one another face to face, air our differences, celebrate our common humanity, dance together, sing together, cast off the darkness of prejudice, hate and division or even have it revealed openly, allowing us to challenge it.
The people of Springfield, Ohio have shown us how love and community can conquer prejudice, hatred and division. They have arisen to the defense of their new neighbors. When faced with the need to choose sides, they have chosen wisely and the nation - THEIR nation - is proud of them.
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