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Title: Trump Calls for “Closing the Internet,” Says Believing in “Freedom of Speech” is “Foolish”
Source: Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/tr ... ng-u-s-ban-muslim-immigration/
Published: Dec 9, 2015
Author: Jay Syrmopoulos
Post Date: 2015-12-09 08:51:46 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 1211
Comments: 15

On Monday, Donald Trump issued a statement advocating “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our representatives can figure out what’s going on.”

Only hours after calling for a “total and complete ban on Muslims entering the United States,” the Republican presidential candidate forwarded the notion that America should also consider “closing the Internet up in some way,” as a means of fighting the Islamic State.

During a speech, Trump said that children in America are “watching the internet and they want to be masterminds,” and “we’re losing a lot of people because of the internet.”

Forwarding the narrative that the internet is responsible for radicalizing Muslims, a contentious point, to say the least, Trump called for closing down the internet, by oddly invoking Microsoft founder Bill Gates as a point man of sorts in his ludicrous scheme.

“We’ve got to maybe do something with the internet. We’re losing a lot of people because of the internet. We have to see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what’s happening,” said Trump.

“We have to talk to them about, maybe in certain areas, closing that internet up in some ways. Somebody will say, ‘Oh freedom of speech, freedom of speech.’ These are foolish people.”

Let that sink in for a moment.

If you believe in freedom of speech you are a fool, according to Trump.

What’s interesting is that Trump’s idea sounds eerily similar to the “Great Firewall of China,” a censorship regime that only allows websites that are approved by the Chinese government to be available to those in mainland China.

If this is what Trump thinks “Making America Great Again” involves, perhaps we should be content to not be so great!

The business mogul then turned his ire to those currently in control of the U.S. government.

“We used to call it the quiet majority,” he said of his Republican base. “But people are fed up – they are fed up with incompetence, they are fed up with stupid leaders, they are fed up with stupid people,” said Trump

The real danger of Trump isn’t necessarily his actual policy, as he hasn’t even received a single vote, but rather the incitement of bigotry and encouragement of violence, which is legitimized and encouraged on a pop culture level through Trump’s rhetoric.

While many consider Trump an outsider, he has shown himself to be a skilled politician by stoking xenophobic fear and hatred in the U.S., first using Mexican immigrants and now Muslims as a lightning rod of bigotry.

Trump obviously knows his audience well and uses his position as a cultural icon and skilled entertainer to embolden his fascist demagogue status… and Americans can’t seem to get enough of it.

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#2. To: Deckard (#0)

The government shuts down certain web sites all the time. And you ARE foolish if you believe that freedom of speech protects a kiddie porn website.

If ISIS is running a recruitment website, I say shut it down. I'm surprised that wasn't done long ago.

misterwhite  posted on  2015-12-09   9:47:05 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: misterwhite (#2)

And you ARE foolish if you believe that freedom of speech protects a kiddie porn website.

You seem to be fascinated with kiddie porn websites, care to explain?

I'm sure Trump isn't referring to those. I am not surprised that you and he agree that freedom of speech is "foolish".

Deckard  posted on  2015-12-09   9:51:14 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: Deckard (#3)

"You seem to be fascinated with kiddie porn websites, care to explain?"

Sure. I wanted to cite an example that you'd understand.

misterwhite  posted on  2015-12-09   10:54:43 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: misterwhite (#10)

I think I've found his mugshot.

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