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Actor Slams Trump’s ‘Vitriolic and Hate-Filled Rhetoric’ in New York Times Op-Ed

Jun 24, 2016  •  Post A Comment

In an op-ed piece published today in The New York Times, popular actor and comedian Aziz Ansari says prejudice is on the rise — and hate speech from Donald Trump and others is contributing to it.

“It’s visceral, and scary, and it affects how people live, work and pray. It makes me afraid for my family. It also makes no sense,” writes Ansari, known for his role on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” and for his comedy concerts on Netflix and Comedy Central.

Ansari, the son of Muslim immigrants, talks about cautioning his mother not to go near a mosque in the aftermath of the Orlando shootings. “I realized how awful it was to tell an American citizen to be careful about how she worshiped,” he notes.

Focusing on Trump, Ansari writes: “He has said that people in the American Muslim community ‘know who the bad ones are,’ implying that millions of innocent people are somehow complicit in awful attacks. Not only is this wrongheaded; but it also does nothing to address the real problems posed by terrorist attacks. By Mr. Trump’s logic, after the huge financial crisis of 2007-08, the best way to protect the American economy would have been to ban white males.”

5 Comments

  1. Im a white male, dude

    Why dont you go back to your Mothers homeland?
    Oh, you are not that funny either

    • Now THIS is funny. The expected response to this article from a typical Trump supporter, and a perfect example of how they think. And a bit lacking on your reading comprehension skills it seems. “Hey! He just said ban white males!” Hahahahahaha

  2. Tvdude: Did you not read what Aziz said? He is drawing a comparison to show how utterly ridiculous Donald Trumps statement was, it had nothing to do with your heritage. However, since you chose to react in a defensive manner you just proved a portion of Aziz’s point. Still don’t get it? Try reading it without racist colored glasses…

  3. Last time I check being “Muslim” is not a race. It is a belief. Hey, Aziz, here is the problem… if being Muslim is “being part of a religion of peace” that has 1.6 million members – of which only a small percentage are radicalized – let’s say 5% (just an example number) – then where is the outrage, the anger, the utter disgust from the 95% of 1.6 billion muslims angry that their belief system has been violated? You would think that the billion plus good muslims would be vocal and demand these radicals be stopped by any means necessary. But no, you choose to throw your anger, disgust and vitriol at one man – Donald Trump.

    Your religion has the problem. Not Donald Trump. If your 1+ billion members can’t take action to fix it then you will get a “Donald Trump” to do it.

    *Drops Mic*

  4. Last time I check being “Muslim” is not a race. It is a belief. Hey, Aziz, here is the problem… if being Muslim is “being part of a religion of peace” that has 1.6 BILLION members – of which only a small percentage are radicalized – let’s say 5% (just an example number) – then where is the outrage, the anger, the utter disgust from the 95% of 1.6 billion muslims angry that their belief system has been violated? You would think that the billion plus good muslims would be vocal and demand these radicals be stopped by any means necessary. But no, you choose to throw your anger, disgust and vitriol at one man – Donald Trump.

    Your religion has the problem. Not Donald Trump. If your 1+ billion members can’t take action to fix it then you will get a “Donald Trump” to do it.

    *Drops Mic*

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