Since Donald Trump’s election, one of the big topics of discussion among his opponents has been “normalization.” That’s shorthand for the viewpoint held by many in the media and Democratic Party that they have an ethical duty to keep the president’s behavior from seeming mainstream. But now, as another terror attack rocks London, we’re on the precipice of a different type of normalization—a normalization of extremist, sectarian violence in the Western world.
These two issues are connected by the emotional argument around the concept of tolerance. President Trump believes we need to have “extreme vetting” of immigrants from some Muslim-majority countries in order to prevent jihadist wolves from slipping in between the flocks of sheep who just want a better life. Critics like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) cry foul and say that his proposed vetting and travel bans “will only increase racism.”
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