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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

An Inability to Perceive Reality

This morning, the Drudge Report linked to an article in the LA Times about the happy reaction in Arizona to President Trump's first week in office.  I saw the link and thought before I clicked on it that there would probably be a picture of some old white guy at the top who would look like a refugee from a trailer park in Mississippi.  After all, for the LA Times, the only people who like the President are angry old red-neck white guys.  Sure enough, when I clicked, the picture was there at the top of the article, just as I expected.  But it didn't end there.  The first subject of the piece was the Arizona reaction to "President Trump’s response to the threat posed by foreigners."  It's amazing to see this distortion.  So far, the President has issued orders on border enforcement that deals with illegal entry into the USA and restrictions to prevent entry of terrorists into this country.  That is hardly dealing with "the threat posed by foreigners."  It is dealing with two very big problems that the Obama and his administration refused to address.  People wanting to immigrate LEGALLY into the USA are still welcome.  Visitors who want to see America are still welcome.  And guess what; they are all foreigners.

The plan to turn restrictions to end illegal entry and to prevent terrorists from sneaking in to the country into xenophobia is a ridiculous construct of the anti-Trump left.   If the FBI were to come out with a new plan to combat bank robbery that required some sort of checking before approaching the tellers, would these same people call it a "response to the threat posed by bank customers?"  Nope, it would be an attempt to protect the bank and the customers both.  Trump's plans are not anti-immigrant.  They are not anti-foreigner.  The vast majority of Americans understand this; in the latest poll, only 33% oppose the temporary pause on entry into the USA from a few countries where terrorism is a serious problem.  On the other hand 57% expressed support for Trump's action.

Why is it that every day this distorted stuff gets pushed by the mainstream media?

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