{"id":6253,"date":"2016-09-03T12:20:50","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T12:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/09\/03\/ideological-certification\/"},"modified":"2016-09-03T12:20:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T12:20:50","slug":"ideological-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2016\/09\/03\/ideological-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideological Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">It ought to be obvious that anyone seeking entry into our country should be ideologically certified. &#0160;We have no obligation to accept subversive elements. &#0160;Now those who promote Shari&#39;a are subversive elements. &#0160;Therefore, we have no obligation to allow them in. &#0160;Indeed we, or rather the government as representing us the people, has a moral obligation <em>not<\/em> to let them in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">This is just common sense. &#0160;Trump, not Hillary, possesses this common sense as he made clear in his outstanding Phoenix immigration speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino;\">But you loathe Trump the man, don&#39;t you? &#0160;And you have some good reasons. &#0160;I suggest you make a distinction. &#0160;There is the candidate and there is the candidate&#39;s ideological agenda. &#0160;Both of the candidates have deeply flawed characters. &#0160;But one supports a destructive leftist agenda and the other does not. 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