{"id":81746,"date":"2015-12-09T10:39:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-09T18:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=81746"},"modified":"2015-12-09T10:39:18","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T18:39:18","slug":"did-trump-just-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=81746","title":{"rendered":"Did Trump Just Win?"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Taranto writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Vox\u2019s headline announces the results for Republicans, 76% of whom agree. But the view is shared by a majority of all respondents (56%) and independents (57%) and a substantial minority of Democrats (43%). Blacks and Hispanics are evenly divided, and majorities of every Christian subpopulation, including black Protestants, agree.<\/p>\n

Our own view of the question is complicated. Certainly Islam and the American way of life are compatible inasmuch as America is capable of welcoming Muslims who are not Islamic supremacists. On the other hand, it\u2019s always struck us that categorical statements to the effect that Islam is \u201ca religion of peace\u201d are far more hortatory than empirical\u2014which is to say that there is a gap between Islam as it actually exists and Islam as President Bush or President Obama would like it to be. How wide that gap is, and how dangerous, we do not know.<\/p>\n

Thus Trump\u2019s proposal for a pause in Muslim immigration \u201cuntil our country\u2019s representatives can figure out what is going on\u201d strikes this columnist as entirely reasonable. That\u2019s not to say it\u2019s necessarily a good idea. There are potential costs in American-Muslim relations both internationally and domestically, and humanitarian costs as well. There are practical questions about how it would be implemented. The religious-freedom argument, although legally empty, is not without moral force.<\/p>\n

Instead of debating the proposal in a reasoned way, the political class\u2014both parties\u2014and many in the media are treating it as a thoughtcrime. Yet the PRRI poll suggests a large majority of Americans are thinking along similar lines.<\/p>\n

The Washington Examiner\u2019s Philip Klein summed up the politics in a tweet yesterday: \u201c@realDonaldTrump will get days of coverage in which GOP rivals, Obama, Clinton, media, will all sound same. This is bad for him how?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James Taranto writes: Vox\u2019s headline announces the results for Republicans, 76% of whom agree. But the view is shared by a majority of all respondents (56%) and independents (57%) and a substantial minority of Democrats (43%). Blacks and Hispanics are … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21791,139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america","category-islam"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t