It's funny what happens when the shoe is on the other foot.

The Trump supporters at the rally were making sweeping generalizations about all Muslims and applying these generalizations to that couple. As are some of the folks on the Cologne thread.

But some of you get upset when we conclude that most Trump supporters are loud-mouthed bigots. Some of you even want to identify the problem, not as bigotry, but as our own inability to understand frustration in other parts of America.

Another point: you Trump supporters also make sweeping generalization about "libruls" and being "PC". No doubt you'd call me liberal on everything from taxes to gun control, and you'd call me PC on things like feminism and the Baltimore riots. But I'm also concerned about the veil and have actually posted many times here against the veil, the veil's influence on *some* Muslim men, and how head-covering isn't even required by the Quran but is often used for political/symbolic reasons.

See how that works? People are nuanced and can't be described by sweeping generalizations.

It had to be the dumbest rally ever. All he did was talk about nothing. It was crazy.

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Anonymous wrote:Thief. Stealing people's coats.

He said they would mail it to him in a couple of weeks.

That''s not how it works. Did he actually confiscate anyone's coat? If so, did they call the police?

Anonymous wrote:Thief. Stealing people's coats.

He said they would mail it to him in a couple of weeks.

Anonymous wrote:It is interesting he's going there right now in the cycle. His cross over appeal is underrated and the DCUM bubble doesn't get it

You realize we have polls and can read them, right? Your feelings aren't data.

And btw most of us come from other parts of the country. So much for the bubble.

This is not worth discussion. Just another media ploy by the campaign to duck substantive issues.

Thief. Stealing people's coats.

Anonymous wrote:Trump distributed 20,000 tickets on the Internet for venue that holds 1,400 people. So much for private sector organizational skills.

I think you underestimate the campaign (and I'm no supporter of his). They were giving away free tickets and announced it was first-come, first-serve, acknowledging that not everyone with a ticket would be able to get in. This accomplished two things. First, it increased the likelihood of a full house. Free tickets have a notoriously low turnout rate for most events, so giving out only 1,400, or even 2,000, would pretty much guarantee a lot of empty seats. Since they were questioning people at the door about whether they were Trump supporters before letting them in, they needed that much bigger a distribution so that they could turn people away and still fill seats. Second, it increased the odds of long lines and big crowds outside the venue, which is where a lot of the press pictures would be taken. Trump cares less about everyone getting in to hear him than he does about the perception that he is very popular and in-demand.

Trump distributed 20,000 tickets on the Internet for venue that holds 1,400 people. So much for private sector organizational skills.

It is interesting he's going there right now in the cycle. His cross over appeal is underrated and the DCUM bubble doesn't get it

And no #GunsInAmerica thread?