Sizing Up Trump and His Ilk, Fearfully

THE HATE MONGERS on right wing American radio, angry, hateful screamers like Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Michael Savage, Chris Plante, et al, are trying to brainwash their followers into accepting the notion that all acts of terrorism committed by Moslems from the middle east are representative of the entire Islamic faith, and an alarming number of mind numbed American right wing moronic sycophants appear to be buying into it. This could lead to trouble, if enough Americans accept this insanity. As usual, the American conservative movement is embracing an idea that is the exact opposite of the truth, of reality, of reason. They deny global warming, and claim to follow Jesus, who was a social yet, they embrace free market cutthroat economics .There was never an economic or environmental issue on which our extreme right wing wasn't wrong. But the entire Christian religion cannot be held responsible for its fringe lunatics, and neither can the entire Islamic faith be blamed for terrorism. Consider the American Ku Klux Klan, a true American icon of an institution, good Christian folk, representative of a large part of American culture and the American Christian community. Al Qaeda, the Taliban,the Islamic State, are all fringe organizations, operating on the fringe of a great religion, not at all a part of it, just like the KKK is not representative of American in general, but only of a certain segment of American society. Read "Reconciliation: Islam, Democracy, and the West", by Benazir Bhutto, the former president of Pakistan, and a truly great lady who explains Islam and terrorism clearly. Donald Trump and his anti-Islamic followers are a potential Hitler and the NAZIs, born again. McCarthy-ites. thugs, mongering hatred and fear. First, keep out the Moslem immigrants to America, and what next? The expulsion of those already here? Make the desert glow, says Senator Ted "the nuke" Cruz! Trump is attractive to many, myself included, because of his simple, straight talk, but the political pundits have him sized up well: he is a fear monger, politically profiting from our epidemic of fear and anger and ignorance in America. Trump is a business man, and knows what will sell. He is selling fear.