Fair enough to a point. I certainly feel distaste to anyone worshipping Trump or any other leader like they are deity. It is one thing I despise in many segments of Hindu culture....I call it the "avatar" complex. Its no surprise they leap in a pavlovian way to support something that catches their ear regarding their own hate complexes. I wouldn't mind seeing them actually come face to face with the very extremists they think are their comrades in "perceived enemy of my perceived enemy is my absolute friend" complex. But thats a long topic for another day.
All I'm really saying is that Trump ought to be given a fair shake rather than coming to immediate conclusions about who he is and what he will do....based on whatever perception you may or may not have had during his campaign etc (esp if it was gleamed on the basis of the media which also snootily projected that he would lose the election terribly...that he has absolutely no path to winning etc).
I certainly am becoming increasingly wary about certain elements around him and more somber about others (that look to be the same business as usual in US politics). However he certainly didn't mind zap that crazed veteran to go shoot at some indian bloke in a bar using his own inherent rabid xenophobia.....just like Obama didn't for the nut that went on a rampage on those poor sikhs in wisconsin gurdwara.
As far as what gets "emboldened" (esp to the point where law and order becomes a real problem w.r.t hate based murder)....well we need to give more time to that. The US is a very resilient country at heart. I do not excuse its imperfections (the response to which really are what define any country), but neither do I think any one person, president or not, can change fundamental societal outlook and demeanour....however you personally perceive them.
I mean I was promised by quite vocal people that there would be death marches, genocides and nuclear war by now on account of trump. I don't know whether to laugh or cry at that level of hysteria....and I do not appreciate it being prematurely transferred to any relatively random incident that would have happened anyway (given crazed racist nutjobs have always existed in various shapes and forms throughout the history of the US). The US is not some perfect country just because it is the most powerful one....far from it....but neither is it one that will see some massive complex change like Germany did before WW2. Lets revisit the issue at the end of each year (for the next 4 or 8 or however long Trump's in charge) and discuss it as neutrally as possible if you feel that way.
@LA se Karachi what are your opinions?
