Ted Cruz Is An Idiot, A Bigot, Un-American, And Immoral

Ted Cruz has jumped on the Paris attacks as an excuse to inject fear into the presidential race for his own political gain. He knows that many in the Republican base are bigoted against muslims, and he is using that. He has now decided that the United States must ban all muslims from entering this country, and only let christians emigrate to this country. Note these recent statements from Cruz:

"We can’t roll the dice with the safety of Americans and bring in people for whom there is an unacceptable risk that they could be jihadists coming here to kill Americans."

"We should focus our efforts as it relates to refugees on the Christians that are being slaughtered."

"There is no meaningful risk of Christians committing acts of terror. If there were a group of radical Christians pledging to murder anyone who had a different religious view than they, we would have a different national security situation."

That is shameful, and it exposes Cruz for what he is (and always has been) -- an idiot, a bigot, and un-American. His idiocy is exposed with his assertion that christians do not commit terrorist acts. Does he not remember the Oklahoma City bombing? Has he forgotten the vicious attacks on Jewish and Sikh centers? Is he ignoring the bombings of clinics and murder of doctors in this country trying to provide women with their constitutional right to an abortion? Many on the right (including Cruz) want us to think that christianity's violence is all in the past, but that's simply not true. There are christian extremists, just as there are muslim extremists (and extremists in other religions), and they are willing to kill innocent people to further their own religious beliefs.

Cruz also said there is no way to make sure muslims are properly vetted to insure they are not jihadists trying to enter this country to commit terrorism. If muslims can't be properly vetted, then how are christians going to be vetted? If muslims can't enter the country, wouldn't jihadists then just pose as christians to get in and do their dirty work? Of course they would. The truth is that we can make sure refugees are properly vetted, regardless of their religion.

Cruz's wish to ban muslims and accept only christian refugees simply exposes his own bigotry. he sees his own religion as being good, and muslims as being bad -- and he is willing to discriminate against those who don't accept his own religion. That is bigotry. There is no other word for it.

His banning of one religion and acceptance of another is also un-American, because it is unconstitutional. Our constitution guarantees religious freedom, and prevents the government from preferring one religion over other religions -- which is exactly what Cruz wants our government to do. His ban would, in effect, create a state religion (by favoring one religion over others). This is not only unfair to innocent immigrants, but would be a huge step toward creating a religious tyranny in the United States (and that would be bad for those who are already citizens).

And I might add that refusing to accept refugees fleeing from Middle East violence would be immoral -- especially since it was foreign policy mistakes by this country which created the situation in which that violence could flourish. It was an American president that told lies so he could unnecessarily  invade Iraq, and upset the delicate religious and political balance in that part of the world.

These refugees only want to provide safety and a decent future for their families -- which is what all humans want (including us). Denying them that because of politics or bigotry is undoubtable an immoral act.

(NOTE -- The caricature of Ted Cruz above is by DonkeyHotey.)