“Donald trump calls for
a total and complete shutdown of all Muslims entering the Unites States”. Could
not believe these lines. Since these were spoken by a person who is a candidate
for American Presidency.
It is not about Donald
Trump or America, it is more about America and the world. If he would have said
those lines earlier it wouldn’t have mattered. What matters is, now he has a
significant support base, because of which he is a candidate. And hence these
are the lines not from a fringe politician but almost from a significant
segment of informed people in world.
There is a segment of
Americans supporting him and there is a large segment of Americans who are
silent. These two make a huge segment of American population. And that is most
worrying factor. What come to mind often is the lines by Albert Einstein “The world is a dangerous place to live;
not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do
anything about it”.
And then there is another segment of Americans who are more
‘caring and humanely’ and they like Donald because, he is honest about his
opinions and is very forthcoming about it. What it means is, there are lot more
people with concealed venom, but he is one who is spewing it. So better to be
declared poisonous than conceal the hatred.
This trumpet is no more fringe politician, he is closer to
mainstream. And you, American people have made him travel the distance so far.
American values do stand as a lighthouse to the world. Lot part of
the world is in darkness. This hatred spewing is no more happening in some
corner of the world. But in America, and that is a worry. It is a worry for
people like us, who are non-Americans.Because having an island of hope is very important, because
it can be the destination to which rest of the world can travel to. And that
hope is the driving force in our lives when we face hatred around us.
Dear Americans don’t destroy our hope. Time to keep off this
trumpet with the wrong note.
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