Trump's America is not a safe place for Jews

[oberliner]

George Washington, in his 1790 letter to the Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I., told Jews they would be safe in the new nation.

“The government of the United States .?.?. gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance,” he wrote. “May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants — while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid.”

Though that assurance has been tested, the United States has endured as a safe haven for Jews.

Now President Trump has violated Washington’s compact. He has given sanction to bigotry and assistance to persecution. After the shooting in Pittsburgh, which the Anti-Defamation League believes is the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history, there is no longer safety under the vine and fig tree.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-washington-saw-america-as-a-safe-place-for-jews-trumps-america-isnt/2018/10/28/e21ea6e6-dade-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html

[potone]

1. There are very few people

that it is safe for. We are living in a nightmare.

[CountAllVotes]

2. I agree

America is a frightening place to live these days.

What a nightmare indeed!

Who is next?

[meadowlark5]

11. I don't think so either

The majority of the people attending the country concert in Las Vegas, I bet, were mostly republican and probably Christian and a lot of whites. And to the Trump admin it's a non-issue.

So if the republican govt doesn't even care about their "kind" then they don't care about the safety of anybody.

[Ferrets are Cool]

13. This

[BigmanPigman]

3. I believe that the Quakers were harassed

and persecuted by the Pilgrims for a long time. Freedom of religion was a damn big deal to the Founding Fathers.

[jmowreader]

10. The Pilgrims were of the Puritan religion

Puritans were famous for harassing anyone who wasn't a Puritan, and anyone who wasn't quite as good a Puritan as the other Puritans would have liked.

[malaise]

4. It's not safe for anyone but racist white men n/t

[bdamomma]

5. Horrible

how many innocent lives have been taken.

We have a monster in the WH, who does not care. Always pointing his finger at someone else. Fascist POS.

[Rizen]

6. What did Trump do, in this specific case, to give sanction?

Just asking. I'm not say his actions don't encourage violence.

[oberliner]

7. After Charlottesville, when Trump said there "were very fine people" marching among the neo-Nazis

Alleging that “blood suckers” and “a global power structure” including “international banks” are secretly plotting against ordinary Americans.

The list goes on and on.

[Rizen]

8. Okay.

I was just wondering if there were new developments I missed.

[oberliner]

9. New developments?

[Blue_true]

12. What new developments.

Does Trump need to shoot a Rabbi in the head on Fifth Avenue NYC? Maybe that new development would be enough to tip the scales. BTW, not addressed to you, you seem to get it.

[Ferrets are Cool]

14. You're kidding right???????

[Rizen]

17. You people are reading waaayy too much into this.

All I was asking is if he said something about this specific case on twitter or something. Note the language on my first post "this specific case". I'm well aware of everything he did in the past; I even said he encouraged violence.

[Pity Puddles]

15. No shit Sherlock. The 4-5k people tonight at the Community Solidarity vigil in Denver

of all stripes showed up (except for the haredis - which we noted).

The speakers tonight was a Christian, a Sikh (I still remember the Sikh temple attack in Detroit), a Muslim, along with our Governor and Mayor, along with the synagogue rabbi and the Colorado ADL director.

They did a great job tonight getting us closer together.

However, to the haredi's (partial) credit, they are doing a community tefillah at another synagogue on Wed night.

What upsets me is that the haredis didn't participate in this vigil, and then they decide to hold a separate event to remember the martyrs.

[OliverQ]

16. I'm Jewish and LGBT

and I'm terrified to live in this country anymore. Sadly, no other country will take me except Israel (and they're just as bad these days) so I'm stuck here.