[US Election 2016] Republican Primary Megathread

[Ashmoria]

Boy, I bet those posters who wrote off Trump back when this thread first started are eating crow now.

more like eating tums to try to tone down the queasy heartburn.

[Ashmoria]

Trump thinks Bill Gates needs to close certain parts of the Internet.

No. Srsly.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/7/98693 ... bill-gates

......

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha

Oh fucking hell. How much of a moron is this guy going to be?

what? doesn't bill gates own the tubes??

[West Aurelia]

So banning guns doesn't work but banning Muslims will.

[Gurori]

I hope Trump isn't elected. He's the living embodiment of the USA's racism.

[Liberty and Linguistics]

So banning guns doesn't work but banning Muslims will.

Precisely. We all know every Muslim is fully equipped with suicide vests.

[G-Tech Corporation]

So banning guns doesn't work but banning Muslims will.

Guns don't kill people, Muslims kill people with guns.

[Ugatoo]

So banning guns doesn't work but banning Muslims will.

Guns don't kill people, Muslims kill people with guns.

Funnily enough so do Christians.

[Galloism]

Trump thinks Bill Gates needs to close certain parts of the Internet. No. Srsly.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/7/98693 ... bill-gates

Trump actually brings up a good point, the US had ICANN control up until recently. It should not have been relinquished to international organizations but they're in the process of doing so. ICANN could quite simply, revoke the DNS registrations of any ISIS websites so they'd be inaccessible, such intervention would affect most if not all of the root DNS servers. The IP addresses would be even easier to block on an ISP level.

It may be that blocking ISIS websites from easy access (via domain registration revocation), although they could still be accessed by direct IP. Blocking the IP could only be done by getting ISPs or backbone providers to cooperate.

Bill gates owns none of this.

[Geilinor]

Trump supporter interviewed on CNN: "You have to bomb terrorist homes because they keep reproducing."

Another guy: "I don't want them [Muslims] here."

[Shazbotdom]

So banning guns doesn't work but banning Muslims will.

Guns don't kill people, Muslims kill people with guns.

Guns don't kill people, fathers with guns...do.

[The Black Forrest]

I hope Trump isn't elected. He's the living embodiment of the USA's racism.

So edgy I cut myself.

[The Black Forrest]

So banning guns doesn't work but banning Muslims will.

Precisely. We all know every Muslim is fully equipped with suicide vests.

Aren't they born that way?

[The Black Forrest]

Trump actually brings up a good point, the US had ICANN control up until recently. It should not have been relinquished to international organizations but they're in the process of doing so. ICANN could quite simply, revoke the DNS registrations of any ISIS websites so they'd be inaccessible, such intervention would affect most if not all of the root DNS servers. The IP addresses would be even easier to block on an ISP level.

It may be that blocking ISIS websites from easy access (via domain registration revocation), although they could still be accessed by direct IP. Blocking the IP could only be done by getting ISPs or backbone providers to cooperate.

Bill gates owns none of this.

Indeed. Saved me the effort of typing.

[The Black Forrest]

Trump thinks Bill Gates needs to close certain parts of the Internet.

No. Srsly.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/7/98693 ... bill-gates

He should be talking to Al Gore.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Trump thinks Bill Gates needs to close certain parts of the Internet.

No. Srsly.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/7/98693 ... bill-gates

That isn't how this works...

[West Aurelia]

Trump supporter interviewed on CNN: "You have to bomb terrorist homes because they keep reproducing."

I don't think that's worked very well for Israel.

[The Democratic Republic of Colorado]

Throw the GOP down the well.

[The Lone Alliance]

Considering Trump's never showed views this extreme before he began running and his quote from the 90s about how stupid the GOP was I wonder if Trump was attempting to invoke something like The third Wave and ended up conning himself.

Cause really it's almost like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop here.

Then again he could have been like this all along and was just good at keeping it contained.

[Alien Space Bats]

Oh fucking hell. How much of a moron is this guy going to be?

As much of a moron as we want him to be. He's the candidate who seeks to let us Americans be proud to be bigots, assholes, and morons.

[Yumyumsuppertime]

Donald Trump is now officially so horrible that Satan himself thinks that he's going too far.

[The Archregimancy]

Trump: muslims shall no pasaran the borders of the USA

I believe that what Mr Trump is trying to say is:

إِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أن تَنفُذُوا مِنْ أقْطَارِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأرْضِ فَانفُذُوا لَآ تَنفُذُونَ إِلاّ بِسُلْطَانٍ

I mean, obviously, right?

"If you have power to pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, then pass beyond [them]. But you shall never be able to pass them, except with extraordinary power" (Surah Al-Rahman, verse 33)

Edit:
I see that Mr Trump's spokeswoman has since clarified that his unambiguous total ban on Muslims entering the United States would include Muslim Americans who happen to be outside the US when the ban is implemented:

When asked by The Hill if that included Muslim Americans who may currently be abroad, his spokeswoman said: "Mr Trump says everyone."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35035190

Asked by The Hill whether that would include American Muslims currently abroad, Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks replied over email: “Mr. Trump says, ‘everyone.’ ”

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/pre ... ntering-us

I am increasingly disinclined to reexamine my earlier comparisons of Mr Trump with certain European leaders of the 1930s.

[Gauthier]

Donald Trump is now officially so horrible that Satan himself thinks that he's going too far.

Trump calls Cheney "Idiot" and "Loser" amongst other things, Cheney invites Trump to quail hunting party.

[The Archregimancy]

For reference, and without further comment, here's Mr Trump's statement on Muslims in full - as posted on his presidential campaign website:

DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON PREVENTING MUSLIM IMMIGRATION

(New York, NY) December 7th, 2015, -- Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on. According to Pew Research, among others, there is great hatred towards Americans by large segments of the Muslim population. Most recently, a poll from the Center for Security Policy released data showing "25% of those polled agreed that violence against Americans here in the United States is justified as a part of the global jihad" and 51% of those polled, "agreed that Muslims in America should have the choice of being governed according to Shariah." Shariah authorizes such atrocities as murder against non-believers who won't convert, beheadings and more unthinkable acts that pose great harm to Americans, especially women.

Mr. Trump stated, "Without looking at the various polling data, it is obvious to anybody the hatred is beyond comprehension. Where this hatred comes from and why we will have to determine. Until we are able to determine and understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people that believe only in Jihad, and have no sense of reason or respect for human life. If I win the election for President, we are going to Make America Great Again." - Donald J. Trump

[Alvecia]

I was listening to a podast recently, and the guest they had on refered to Trump as "America's Mirror". How true do you reckon that is?

[West Aurelia]

Edit:
I see that Mr Trump's spokeswoman has since clarified that his unambiguous total ban on Muslims entering the United States would include Muslim Americans who happen to be outside the US when the ban is implemented:

When asked by The Hill if that included Muslim Americans who may currently be abroad, his spokeswoman said: "Mr Trump says everyone."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35035190

Asked by The Hill whether that would include American Muslims currently abroad, Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks replied over email: “Mr. Trump says, ‘everyone.’ ”

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/pre ... ntering-us

I am increasingly disinclined to reexamine my earlier comparisons of Mr Trump with certain European leaders of the 1930s.

What about Muslim-American servicemen and women and diplomats currently stationed abroad?