Donald Trump wants to keep Muslims out of the United States - or at least until we "figure out what's going on."
The brazen billionaire’s plan to make America off limits to a specific religious group has drawn the ire and condemnation of politicians on both sides of the aisle, even as the “gaffe proof” GOP frontrunner looks likely to garner even more support from his base as large swaths of the voting public have been whipped into a xenophobic frenzy following the attacks in Paris and last week’s massacre in California.
For better or worse (and we’re not going to comment either way on this as voters will ultimately deliver America’s verdict), Trump is making it abundantly clear that in his administration, the US will become an exclusive club that’s effectively closed to certain ethnic groups and religions.
Well, on the heels of Trump’s Muslim ban proposal, “some folks” in the UK are looking to ban Trump and based on the number of signatures on the petition pictured below [4], it looks like parliament will have to consider the proposal which characterizes Trump's rhetoric as "hate speech."
Here's the rationale:
The UK has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech. The same principles should apply to everyone who wishes to enter the UK.
If the United Kingdom is to continue applying the 'unacceptable behaviour' criteria to those who wish to enter its borders, it must be fairly applied to the rich as well as poor, and the weak as well as powerful.
We can't wait to see what king of raucous debate this stirs up among UK lawmakers.
