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ereignty over any part of their ancient
homeland.
That brings us back to what the
president and his supporters are or are
not guilty of doing.
Unlike the Palestinian leadership,
Trump has condemned acts of terror-
ism. Yes, he should be more careful
about his words and avoid anything
that might be construed as a green
light to extremists. In those instances
where he has allowed his critics to con-
strue his words in that manner, he has
hurt his own cause, as well as lowered
the tone of our politics.
But there is a difference between
that and direct or indirect support for
extremist murderers or white nation-
alism. For liberal rabbis and others
to claim that opposition to illegal
immigration or support for enforcing
the law is tantamount to racism or
support for murder is outrageous. And
to extend their condemnation to the
nearly half of the country that supports
Trump and his policies is to commit
the same mistake that Hillary Clinton
made in 2016 when she helped seal her
defeat by calling political opponents
“deplorables.
”
The president needs to do better
and to try to raise us up rather than
consistently lower us into the political
gutter. The same admonition should
be directed at many of his opponents,
who are just as guilty of extreme
rhetoric in which they have invoked,
among other things, the Holocaust and
even concentration camps to describe
honest differences of opinion on con-
tentious issues.
And we should also thank Tapper
for his lame analogy, which reminded
us there is a difference
between irre-
sponsible speech and incitement to
murder. ■
Jonathan S. Tobin is editor in chief of JNS—
Jewish News Syndicate.
all, is a great experience, and I am
happy I was able to participate in it.
— Rachel Kapen
West Bloomfield
July 25 Cover
The cover of the July 25 Jewish
News was disturbing to me. People
were protesting the present immi-
gration policies with World War
II emotions. President Trump
announced a border crisis two years
ago, but the Democratic House of
Representatives said he was making
this up and wouldn’
t do anything to
correct the bad policies. I agree with
the protesters; we need new immi-
gration legislation, but I don’
t want
to live in a country without borders
or laws.
— Doreen Lichtman
Orchard Lake
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