Saturday, January 9, 2016

More Info Needed


Did they come wearing those yellow sun tags or were they forced on them at the gate, like Jews in Nazi Germany?

Rock Hill, South Carolina (CNN) [...] Rose Hamid, a 56-year-old flight attendant sitting in the stands directly behind Trump, stood up Friday during Trump's speech when the Republican front-runner suggested that Syrian refugees fleeing war in Syria were affiliated with ISIS.

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Despite her silence, Trump supporters around her began chanting Trump's name -- as instructed by Trump campaign staff before the event in case of protests -- and pointed at Hamid and Marty Rosenbluth, the man alongside her who stood up as well.

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Major Steven Thompson of the Rock Hill Police Department told CNN Hamid was kicked out of the event because the campaign told him beforehand that "anybody who made any kind of disturbance" should be escorted out.

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After Hamid and three others, all wearing stars reminiscent of those worn by Jews during the Holocaust, were escorted out by police and Trump campaign officials, Trump commented on the disturbance.

"There is hatred against us that is unbelievable," Trump said. "It's their hatred, it's not our hatred."

  CNN
Yeah, right, you dick.

It sounds more like the people around her were the ones making the disturbance.

The tags were making a nice point, but in that audience, I would imagine all it invoked was whatever the Germans felt when they saw the stars on Jews.
Despite her early exit, Hamid did manage to speak with the Trump supporters sitting around her in the stands, several of whom held her hand and said "sorry" as she was forced to leave the venue.
I can be wrong. Especially when generalizing.
Hamid said before the event that she was not concerned for her safety, explaining her ardent belief that "people are mostly decent."

After her chaotic exit, Hamid remained optimistic about the character of most people -- even those who shouted at her to "get out" -- instead blaming Trump's heated rhetoric and outsized influence.

"This demonstrates how when you start dehumanizing the other it can turn people into very hateful, ugly people," she said. "It needs to be known."

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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