On Banning Muslim Immigrants

The Donald is pulling his punches on this one. What America needs is a moratorium on all immigration, not just of Muslims. There is nothing radical about this, as it was the (wise) policy from 1924 through 1965 to shut down all immigration in order to preserve America's cultural core and assimilate the tidal wave of newcomers who had arrived during the prior generation. American ideals such as truth, justice, individual freedom, limited government, and the rule of law are hardly universal; quite the opposite, they are quite rare and the byproduct of a unique culture. While everyone surely loves to gorge on the prosperity generated by that culture, they know little and care less about the culture itself. Chances are it's too late to revive what little remains of that culture, at least on a national scale, but from an intellectual standpoint there is nothing wrong with going into a lockdown.

As to the supposed "racism" of banning only Muslims, three things: 1) Muslims aren't a race; 2) there is ample historical precedent for restricting immigration of specific types of people as being incompatible with America; and 3) since America has a sovereign right to ban all foreigners, it necessarily follows that America has a sovereign right to ban only some of them -- any privilege that may be completely denied may also be partially granted.