I suspect that the aim is rather to help mobilize Democrats and moderates living in NYC by highlighting the people affected by these policies, who may be sympathetic to Yemenis but might not be aware that they know any. It also demonstrates the size of the community and that, like all others, it’s capable of…

The point is standing up for yourself. It also demonstrates that, contrary to what the assholes think, Muslims do belong in a democracy, and they do know how to bring attention to themselves in a manor that doesn’t involve bombs.

You’re right. It’s MUCH BETTER to sit down, shut up, and do nothing.

you can, as long as you realize that when president circus peanut says “your religion” he really means “my religion” and then further realize that when he means “my religion” he really really means “the religion of the twits that put me in this office.”

You can’t simultaneously try to ban an entire religious group from the nation while giving speeches claiming that “I will defend your religious liberties and the right to fully and freely practice your religion,” within the same week.

lol @ the people who are all “I thought he’d be more presidential after he’d won.” or “I didn’t actually think he’d do those terrible things he said he was going to do!”

ohh yeah but Obama has always been so respectful and went to church so many times and people still called him a “secret Muslim.” Black people just can’t fuckin win no matter what they do. Fuck Trump and fuck all of the Trumpers.

Does anyone else take a periodic break from the news? I don’t want to bury my head in the sand, but each one of these stories (ranging from him being an insensitive moron to committing absolute atrocities) makes my brain hurt more and more. How did this ever happen? How did 63 million people vote for this 70 year old…

Can you imagine if Obama had done anything even remotely so disrespectful to religious people? But I’ll bet Donald gets a pass.

Yes. For me, voting for someone consists of more than just whether or not we agree philosophically on everything. I’ve had a lot of friends with whom I agree with politically/philosophically, but if they decided to run for office I’d never vote for them because I don’t think they have the experience, negotiating…

I think the contributions of Frederick Douglass will become more and more

No.

Frederick Douglass died in 1895.

If the ban were announced with a one week notice, the “bad” would rush into our country during that week. A lot of bad “dudes” out there!

Here’s a good tweet:

“We look to have a great relationship with all countries, ideally, unfortunately that won’t necessarily happen, unfortunately probably won’t happen with many countries, but if we could have as we do with Prime Minister May, and the relationship we’ve all developed, and even the short relationship that we’ve just…

I know you’re joking but, horrifyingly, he defined the “people” thusly later in that NYT article paragraph: