A few more shootings where policemen are killed, one or two low tech terrorist attacks by ISIS in USA, images of one or two young big brown men beating up a white man/woman during some protest rally against Trump….
That is what it would take to make him win the White House. We can rail about how illogical it is to vote for Trump for these reasons, how much better the solutions and opinions from HRC… But American gut reaction would be to vote for him.
Let us not denigrate them as low information voter or people voting on emotions. Killing police officers fills the general public with a rage. All the cell phone videos were slowly making an impact. Even Newt Gingrich was saying, may be insincerely, but nevertheless saying something with a couple of molecules of sympathy to the plight of the black people at the hands of police. At this point, when we should be forging ahead and continuing to work towards changing the hearts, we are giving the bigots what they want: a race war.
Gandhi suspended the “Quit India” movement and the Indian Independence movement in 1939 when Hitler declared war against UK. He had the foresight to see the monster Hitler was and asked Indians to enlist under the crown to fight the axis powers. This is the moment like this. Under no circumstances we should give bigots the violence they are craving for, the violent reactions they are stoking our anger for.
Please, please, please, do whatever it takes, say whatever it takes, stoically bear whatever outrages they throw at us, see the shooters for what they are, dangerous to our cause. Shun the shooters and denounce any kind of defense or apology for them.
Om Shanthi, Shanti, Shanti. Peace for all.