Memo to Trump: pork isn't Kryptonite to Muslims. But bigotry might be yours

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Donald Trump closed his South Carolina campaign on Friday with a rambling speech highlighted by a giddy, almost childlike, enthusiasm for torturing and summarily executing the suspected enemies of America in the name of safety. 

Trump was in free-association mode ahead of Saturday’s primary, dwelling for an extended time on one topic, like heroin in New Hampshire or Japan’s monetary policy, and then jumping to another. 

“I’m really good at the trade,” the billionaire told a crowd of thousands. “I’m really good at the borders.”

The standout topic, however, was terrorism and national security. Trump repeated – favorably – an apparent myth about how General John Pershing summarily executed dozens of Muslim prisoners in the Philippines with tainted ammunition during a guerilla war against the occupying United States.

“He took fifty bullets, and he dipped them in pig’s blood,” Trump said. “And he had his men load his rifles and he lined up the fifty people, and they shot 49 of those people. And the fiftieth person he said ‘You go back to your people and you tell them what happened.’ And for 25 years there wasn’t a problem, okay?”

The story appears to be a hoax spread via e-mail forwards, according to rumor trackerSnopes.com, with no evidence it occurred. 

The moral of the tale, according to Trump: “We better start getting tough and we better start getting vigilant, and we better start using our heads or we’re not gonna have a country, folks.” 

Trump was unimpressed with waterboarding, a banned interrogation tactic that he has pledged to bring back against suspected terrorists, and supplement with far worse forms of abuse. 

“Is it torture or not? It’s so borderline,” he said. “It’s like minimal, minimal, minimal torture.” 

In a previous speech, Trump called his opponent Senator Ted Cruz, whose father was tortured as a young man in Cuba, a “pu**y” for not sharing his zeal for the practice. 

Trump went on to boast how fears of terrorism had boosted him politically, including in South Carolina where he leads a number of polls by double-digit margins. 

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/trump-hails-torture-mass-killings-pigs-blood-ammo-sc

 

[Benji 20,113]

If for some bizarre reason he did become the president, he is going to become such a large target to assassinate for these kind of comments. I mean being the president is a target in it's self but I can see so many groups making it their life's work to make sure he is killed

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Trump supporter Eleanor Crume, 72, told MSNBC afterwards that she agreed with Trump’s stance on waterboarding because terrorists should not be “pampered.” 

“We need someone who can lead the country because people are scared to death,” she said. “It’s only a matter of time before terrorists come and start chopping Christian heads off in the United States"

 

 

72 years old... people are scared to death, fear mongering works. 

[Helxig 45,338]

1 minute ago, Benji said:

If for some bizarre reason he did become the president, he is going to become such a large target to assassinate for these kind of comments. I mean being the president is a target in it's self but I can see so many groups making it their life's work to make sure he is killed

I suppose then we can all rest easy knowing that if he is elected, he'll probably be out of the white house in a week any way. In a body bag. 

[Dominic 11,922]

2 minutes ago, VampireHeart said:

The moral of the tale, according to Trump: “We better start getting tough and we better start getting vigilant, and we better start using our heads or we’re not gonna have a country, folks.”

Oh Trump,  that's rich coming from you.  

I can't even take him seriously, he's definitely there to make the other candidates appear more attractive.  

[lego 44,165]

5 minutes ago, Dominic Marc said:

Oh Trump,  that's rich coming from you.  

I can't even take him seriously, he's definitely there to make the other candidates appear more attractive.  

The way his supporters are brainwashed with all the fear mongering and false stories is scary tho...I feel like this only works in America.

(No offence American members  )

[Kayla 7,595]

The fact that people support him is so embarrassing. 

The man says "You can read about it in history books!" which is funny because his story is proven to be false. 

Looks like he hasn't read many history books. 

[AM98GJ 3,086]

Why pigs blood? Really hope it isn't for the reason I suspect, I couldn't really determine a reason from the extract 

edit- I saw it, God I hate this prick 

[Morphine Prince 109,664]

13 minutes ago, VampireHeart said:

The way his supporters are brainwashed with all the fear mongering and false stories is scary tho...I feel like this only works in America.

(No offence American members  )

Say it louder tbh. 

Some of the dumbest and willingly ignorant people in the world live in the US. 

The type that are all about nationalism, wars, and feeling victimized even though they are a majority.... the dumbest people on Earth. 

The US is a first world country. You'd expect more people to have a bit more of an education. 

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4 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

Say it louder tbh. 

Some of the dumbest and willingly ignorant people in the world live in the US. 

The type that are all about nationalism, wars, and feeling victimized even though they are a majority.... the dumbest people on Earth. 

The US is a first world country. You'd expect more people to have a bit more of an education. 

It is definitely not just the US. The migrant situation all over Australia and Europe caused a lot of hate crimes and more conservative parties definitely got a boost in support from it. We just don't have an election going on right now to spotlight it so much.

[Shipper 13,114]

I support Trump in this. Let's use Trump's blood to soak all the ammo and missiles in the military. We need pig's blood afterall. 

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10 minutes ago, LG said:

It is definitely not just the US. The migrant situation all over Australia and Europe caused a lot of hate crimes and more conservative parties definitely got a boost in support from it. We just don't have an election going on right now to spotlight it so much.

It's pretty terrifying watching fear and ignorance bring out crazy, fanatical people in so many different countries that you'd thought were above such racist and ethnocentric views 

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[lego 44,165]

46 minutes ago, LG said:

It is definitely not just the US. The migrant situation all over Australia and Europe caused a lot of hate crimes and more conservative parties definitely got a boost in support from it. We just don't have an election going on right now to spotlight it so much.

 

This is true, but I'm not sure if so many Europeans are this paranoid and you won't find many grannies falling for Trump-like rhetoric. It seems like he has huge following from all generations.

I think those who were always racist/neonazis are now coming out of their caves in Europe, because it's becoming popular. Leaders of political parties are a bit more subtle in their speeches.

Is it because the US is far away "across the pond", is it their media...? idk 

I thought with Internet, easy access to information and social media, people would do more research on their own and not just blindly follow this... character.

[Dominic 11,922]

1 hour ago, VampireHeart said:

The way his supporters are brainwashed with all the fear mongering and false stories is scary tho...I feel like this only works in America.

(No offence American members  )

It does seem very typical,  I agree.  

... and there's clearly a demographic out there for him or else he wouldn't be making these claims which is equally as worrying.  I still feel that he is only there so people are satisfied with whoever else gets presidency, he makes the other candidates appear much more attractive.  

I'm leaning more towards a conspiracy theory now but still