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Essay / The Darkest Places of Hell By Dante Alighieri - 1841
Dante Alighieri writes that “the darkest places of Hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. »1 They say that ignorance is bliss, but ignoring something in the hope that it will resolve itself is not the most appropriate path for everything, especially for things that are within our power. Dante is perhaps a little too vicious in expressing this idea but sums up its urgency perfectly. The current US presidential race could eventually give rise to such a crisis. Americans need to be aware of the consequences if Republican candidate Donald Trump becomes president of one of the most powerful nations in the world. When Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president on June 16, the idea seemed slightly ridiculous. The Washington Post said he faced "an uphill battle to be taken seriously by his rivals, political observers and the media." The New York Times described it as an "improbable quest for the Republican nomination." He was less than 3% in the polls.2 But as Trump's summer stretches into the fall, the real estate mogul remains the front-runner in the Republican presidential primary. The political establishment is baffled, and at least one member has concluded that Trump supporters are simply crazy. During his campaign, Trump expressed and promised outrageous and controversial opinions and policies. But I would like to focus on his immigration reform policies, his xenophobic ideologies, and how that could affect America's relationship with the rest of the world. *1 Gallagher, Joseph. A modern reader's guide to Dante's Divine Comedy. Liguori, May 10, 1999. Print.2 DelReal, Jose A. “Donald Trump announces his presidential candidacy.” The Washington... middle of paper ... paper, but the content hierarchy would remain the same. The PSA would display Trump's policies and statements, then show their effects on different Americans in each ad, for example, a family with mixed immigration status separated from their loved ones facing deportation, having to decide whether to stay or not in the country. Another approach would be to counter each policy with a fact, for example, the PSA would begin by stating: "Trump wants to ban Muslims in America", below this statement would be a fact contradicting this policy "States -United States would not look at it as it does if it were not for a Muslim, Fazlur Rahman Khan. He pioneered a new structural system of frame tubes that revolutionized the appearance of American cityscapes. The PSA would end with Trump's campaign slogan: "Make America Great Again," but with a question mark at the end prompting the reader to think..