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Originally Posted by loramin
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That would only be true if our legal paths to immigration were working properly (hint: they're not).
If I say "oh I'm perfectly fine with immigrants, as long as they come here legally" ... but "legally" means only a few people get in, and they have to pay huge legal fees to do so, then I'm not really pro-immigration. And if you see all the people who have come here illegally, and blame them personally for wanting a better life for their family, instead of blaming the system which makes that impossible (even though there's no reason to exclude them except xenophobia), you lack empathy.
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Yes, but these are two entirely separate issues. We can agree that the current immigration path is entirely too daunting, but at the same time, if we are to lax the process we have to ensure that it isn't too lax either. We DO need control over who does and does not enter the country, period. But to suggest that those of us that are against rampant ILLEGAL immigration and against the idea of granting widespread amnesty to those that have broken our laws, violated our borders and have made no effort to acclimate, all while making gross use of our taxpayers good will in the form of social assistance are <insert buzzword like xenophobic here>, which until only the last decade or so included the entirety of democrats as well, since you fuckers seem to have very short memories (see everything the Clintons and Obamas, et al., had to say about it prior to 2008)... well that is exactly what the media wants you to parrot. If you doubt that, then watch some of these supercuts of media outlets across the nation literally parroting, verbatim, the EXACT same talking points over and over and over and over like some sort of Borg Collective. Then listen as you chumps sit there and repeat them. Wake the fuck up already. You are being lied to, and what you are repeating are lies about your fellow citizens, the VAST majority of which are not guilty of these baseless and degenerate accusations.
Are there ignorant dipshits that still have deep seated bigotry? Yes, but they are a small minority, and their voice is opposed by all sides when they try to pipe up. Nobody agrees with them, and lumping everyone you disagree with into their category is the most vulgar and base use of human senses ever perpetrated. Holy fuck, I am so sick of this hyperbole and rhetoric, from both sides. Bunch of fucking apes flinging shit at each other.
11-07-2018, 08:09 PM
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