Agreement doesn't mean equivalence

If I agreed with the worst racist ever about how good babyback ribs are, would that make me a racist? Of course not. 

Unfortunately, that is the kind of argument the Media is using against Donald Trump. Case in point: The Salon article "Sexism, meet racism: Trump’s Angela Merkel comments expose the collision of misogyny and white supremacy". Here is a taste:

Donald Trump has a new obsession: comparing Hillary Clinton to Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany. During a Monday speech, Trump denounced the “massive immigration” to Germany under Merkel, for which he blames crime rising “to levels that no one thought would they would ever see.” He followed up this speech with press releases and a hashtag aimed at equating Clinton and Merkel. 

The choice is an odd one on its surface because most Americans don’t have an opinion about Merkel, even when they know who she is. But as Alice Ollstein of Think Progress persuasively argued on Wednesday, the meme makes more sense when one considers that white supremacists definitely know who Merkel is, because they hate her...

It’s yet another example of how Trump is mainstreaming white supremacist sentiment. 

Here is the logic laid out in its syllogistic form:

1. Trump thinks Merkel's immigration policy was flawed.
2. White supremacists think Merkel's immigration policy was flawed.
3. Ergo, Trump is a white supremacist.

In case you aren't familiar with syllogisms, here is the classic syllogism:

1. God is love.
2. Love is blind.
3. Ray Charles is blind.
4. Ergo, Ray Charles is God.

While syllogisms aren't necessarily as silly as the Ray Charles example, they tend to run off the tracks when they make flawed assumptions (i.e. "Love is blind" is not factually provable).

In the case of the Salon article, it assumes that only white supremacists disagree with Merkel's immigration policy. In actuality, there are many reasonable Germans who aren't happy with it. When you consider 64% of German's don't want her running for re-election, and immigration is the most controversial topic in Germany right now, it is safe to say there a good number of disgruntled Germans now. (Of course, to American Leftists, they just might assume a large percentage of Germans are white supremacists. Our Left is ignorant that way.)

Personally, I consider it reasonable to question Merkel's immigration policy, especially in the face of Western Civilization's "War on Islam". Inviting your enemy into your house, even if you don't actually call them an enemy by name, is crazy stupid. Even idiotic white supremacists can see this, even if our self-deluding Leftist Media is missing it.

As for Trump, I disagree with his views on continuing the "War on Islam" (although he does seem to be less aggressive than Hillary Clinton), but at least his immigration views are consistent with his militaristic views.