Trump spent more of his speech defining what he said was a new ideological test for those entering the U.S., comparing his plan to Cold War-era screening. .
Mr. Trump, who has pledged to build a wall along the border with Mexico, also said he would call for "extreme vetting" of immigrants that would include requiring them to respond to a questionnaire with an "ideological test".
I'd happily (even if disgustedly) watch a pro-censorship, pro-dictatorship movie — there's no ideological test for a good movie, but the ideas that make for a good one should be out front, should create an aesthetic.
Trump also promised ideological tests for would-be visa applicants, a "sunset" on visa laws requiring Congress to rewrite them every few years and a ban on taxpayer funding for cities that don't deport undocumented immigrants.
Andrew Sullivan is guilty of the slippery slope fallacy, I'd say, in worrying that the Eich debate – which concerns a top Silicon Valley role of major public consequence, and leadership of many gay employees – might lead to an ideological litmus test for all jobs.
Those imbalances are regrettable, but not because of a lack of meritocracy in tech.Jeffrey Andrews Professor of electrical and computer engineering University of Texas at AustinSilvio: The MovieSIR – You were right to note that "The Lego Movie" is something of an ideological Rorschach test for audiences ("The politics of little bricks", February 22nd).
There will be others amongst the Democratic elites who call for an ideological purity test, as though it is the Party's role to set ideology, rather than platform.
If we pursue a party that has no place for someone who agrees with me 70percentt of the time, that is based on an ideological purity test rather than a coalition test, then we are going to keep losing".
"There is no ideological litmus test" for an Op-Ed article, he said.
