Discussion: Rand Paul: US Shouldn't Target Mosques Or Create Database For Muslims

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Entertaining “wisdom” from Marshall:

"Next time Donald Trump says something outrageous, offensive,
ridiculous or demonstrably constitutional and you find yourself saying
he’s now going to decline in the polls, let me help. No. That’s not
going to happen.

Some people seem to be having a hard time detecting this pattern."

I’d be more impressed if he hadn’t been one of the ones declaring it over and over.

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I KNEW this guy was a MUSLIM!!

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Trying to scrape up the leftovers —

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What we should target is guys fleeing liquor store robberies. With drones.

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Well, Josh said it was Jeb or Walker, for that matter. In his defense, though, Josh wasn’t alone – a lot of long-time, knowledgable political observers believed the same back then. Trump (and Carson) would have been out of race already if conventional rules of politics had dictated the race.

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"Should we talk to their neighbors and friends, should we talk to their Imam? Sure, all of that is legitimate. But should we target mosques and have a database of Muslims? Absolutely not."

FFS. Let me see if I have this right. We should target Muslims, talk to neighbors, friends, and the Imam, and this is ok?

What the ever-loving fuckety fuck fuck?

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FFS read the piece:

“Yes, we should follow people who are a risk,” Paul said. “Should we talk to their neighbors and friends, should we talk to their Imam? Sure, all of that is legitimate. But should we target mosques and have a database of Muslims? Absolutely not.”

Don’t make defend Rand Paul.

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Thanks for highlighting the important part of that quote, because if you can defend “following people who are at risk” when “at risk” is defined as anyone who is Muslim and not from this country, well, goody for you!

Rand Paul doesn’t merit defending just because he’s seemingly not as crazy as Trump.

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Stopped clock does it again.

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Now here’s someone with his elbow on the pulse of GOP primary voters. Get with the program, Rand, it’s a race to the bottom.

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“Yes, we should follow people who are a risk,”

Dude. He’s suggesting we keep an eye on people who are a threat not the people who are at risk. And he specifically states that not all Muslims are a threat: “But should we target mosques and have a database of Muslims? Absolutely not.”

Sloppy reading, and worse, sloppy writing get us nowhere.

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Dude

Know what else gets us nowhere? Assumptions.