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procon

(15,805 posts)
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 01:45 PM Sep 2016

"We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag."

Trump said that this morning. He only wants Americans who look and speak alike. like him. He thinks we must all have the same ethnicity, culture, traditions, language, values, religion, and patriotism to qualify for a spot in his new America. Translation: Trump says we must be White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant (WASP), English speakers with a jingoistic nationalistic fervor. This is Trump's vision for America, but it's not mine, and I sure hope it isn't a vision that is shared by most people in this country.




Transcript of Donald Trump’s speech on national security in Philadelphia

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/campaign/294817-transcript-of-donald-trumps-speech-on-national-security-in

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"We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag." (Original Post) procon Sep 2016 OP
He will also make us say "Heil Trump?" muntrv Sep 2016 #1
Utmost Thanks to Donald Trump! TheBlackAdder Sep 2016 #18
Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer Xipe Totec Sep 2016 #2
+20000. HughBeaumont Sep 2016 #4
Scarey!!! Wellstone ruled Sep 2016 #5
Just seeing those words is terrifying. procon Sep 2016 #7
Wow ... Trump has read the Cliff's Notes version of Mein Kampf ! eppur_se_muova Sep 2016 #12
Just like Hitler, but with more tantrums and less brains. nt Xipe Totec Sep 2016 #15
I wish I could rec your post! eom Tanuki Sep 2016 #17
you beat me to it. Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #21
"Under one God" - some people worship Satan too. tonyt53 Sep 2016 #3
I'm pretty sure this charlatan didn't have a thing to do with God before running Divine Discontent Sep 2016 #6
I wonder how the separatists and states' righters feel about this... Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #8
Oh, how much I thought like you AwakeAtLast Sep 2016 #22
Get rid of all references to god. He does not exist. BSdetect Sep 2016 #9
Neither do nations. LanternWaste Sep 2016 #16
Wow... TipTok Sep 2016 #24
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"? yortsed snacilbuper Sep 2016 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author kestrel91316 Sep 2016 #11
As will everyone who doesn't subscribe to the official Christian religion. procon Sep 2016 #13
He can literally say anything maxsolomon Sep 2016 #14
I wonder how many Asians he will send "back" to Asia. yuiyoshida Sep 2016 #19
Which flag - the Stars and Stripes or the Confederate battle flag? yellowcanine Sep 2016 #20
Can we bring back the Bellamy salute sarisataka Sep 2016 #23
Heil Trump? Initech Sep 2016 #25

procon

(15,805 posts)
7. Just seeing those words is terrifying.
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 02:05 PM
Sep 2016

Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer ('One People, One Nation, One Leader'). Think about everything Trump has said, and then recall what you learned in school about the prelude to WWII when the Fascists consolidated power by abolishing political opposition parties, trade unions, academia, and took direct control of press.

eppur_se_muova

(36,263 posts)
12. Wow ... Trump has read the Cliff's Notes version of Mein Kampf !
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 03:15 PM
Sep 2016

I didn't think he could focus on anything that long.

Oh, wait, maybe his speechwriter read it.

Divine Discontent

(21,056 posts)
6. I'm pretty sure this charlatan didn't have a thing to do with God before running
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 01:56 PM
Sep 2016

Other than having the audacity to be mentioned on the money Drumf carried...

Er, wait a sec, maybe dum dum thinks they're referring to him where it says In God We Trust on the bills. Maybe that inspired him to run for president...

BSdetect

(8,998 posts)
9. Get rid of all references to god. He does not exist.
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 02:14 PM
Sep 2016

Keep your fantasies to yourself o religious people.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
16. Neither do nations.
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 04:45 PM
Sep 2016

"He does not exist. Keep your fantasies to yourself..."

Neither do nations. Fantasies allowing us to rationalize who gets help and who gets mocked.

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procon

(15,805 posts)
13. As will everyone who doesn't subscribe to the official Christian religion.
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 03:28 PM
Sep 2016

And all us atheists, too. Whichever sect(s) of Christianity that aren't chosen to become the State Religion, will also be miffed at being relegated to the back of the bus with all the rest of us undesirables. The whole concept just goes rapidly downhill.

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
14. He can literally say anything
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 04:09 PM
Sep 2016

and there are never any consequences. He can paraphrase Nazis and its just more noise. His voters simply do not care what he says.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
19. I wonder how many Asians he will send "back" to Asia.
Wed Sep 7, 2016, 04:57 PM
Sep 2016

After all, to him, we are not acceptable. Were not American enough...and were all filthy immigrants who some how passed under some wire to be here. I seriously will be worried if he gets "chosen" to be President.. Waiting for that 3am knock on the door by some storm trooper pointing a gun to my face and telling me to get out, board that anti immigrant bus and be ready to go to some holding point until the ships can be collected to take us to Hong Kong. At least I have one friend there.

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