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[–] [deleted] 4 points 16 points (+20|-4) ago  (edited ago)

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[–] WalkingShadow 1 point 5 points (+6|-1) ago 

"Who's doing the raping?" doesn't seem to me to be a very cogent statement on the state of border security, if that's his point.

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[–] robsta33 1 point 4 points (+5|-1) ago 

I know that my comment may be seen by some as crass and without tact, but the guy really is a total a-hole.

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[–] PunchinMahPekaah 2 points 2 points (+4|-2) ago  (edited ago)

This isn't about being punished for talking about something offensive. He was being purposefully inflammatory and outright wrong. Yes, we aren't getting Mexico's best, but Mexico's best isn't as desperate to start a new life. There is no data to suggest that any significant percentage of Mexican immigrants commit violent crimes, rape, or any of the like.

The only reliable data on rapists by demographic is 18 years old and does not support any statement that any significant percentage of Mexican immigrants are rapists, as Trump claimed.

The data on violent crimes doesn't suggest that a hispanic person is any more likely to commit a violent crime than a white person.

But this data is only about the demographics in genereal, not specifically Mexican Immigrants. And that's the issue I have with Donald Trump's statements. If there was any evidence to back up his inflammatory claims, I would think, "Ok, he was certainly crass but at least he's trying to tackle a problem with this country". There is no such data, however, he was just spouting what he thought to be true, and for a Presidential candidate that is not only inappropriate but the thought of him being in the White House is frightening to me. I want our next President to be someone who will fix the problems we are having without prejudice and with the knowledge of what is important and must be done, not someone who thinks something is a problem with no evidence to support it, then acts on it.

There's my two cents.

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[–] binky 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I don't think it should make him a marketplace martyr. But "he has a point (if you interpret his statements with a great deal of mercy)" is NOT a reason to support the scumbag.