tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post4004611107047654425..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Media Systematically Conflates Immigration And Illegal ImmigrationWinston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-35610966057490392972016-03-24T10:48:32.136-04:002016-03-24T10:48:32.136-04:00*Sigh*
Yes, one of the worst thing you can do i...*Sigh* <br /><br />Yes, one of the worst thing you can do in trying to reach a goal is make distorted claims and arguments. The lack of clarity actually impedes your efforts.<br /><br />So...Word.Lewis Carrollnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-78812936205102738752016-03-24T10:23:38.616-04:002016-03-24T10:23:38.616-04:00LC,
Yeah man, I don't really have a right to ...LC,<br /><br />Yeah man, I don't really have a right to an opinion about what the policy should be. I really am just pissed about the--probably intentional--conflation of legal and illegal immigration. <br /><br />Illegal immigration wouldn't worry me a lot if I weren't worried about (a) overpopulation and (b) a future push for open borders. Well...also because I worry about its Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-63449767907469230852016-03-24T09:32:07.405-04:002016-03-24T09:32:07.405-04:00Winston,
I agree with you about the general argum...Winston,<br /><br />I agree with you about the general argument, I'm just wondering what you think the implication for policy should be? <br /><br />That is, there should be no obvious complaint about enforcing the law (why have laws if we're not going to enforce them?), but practically speaking, what should be done about the ~11M illegal immigrants here already? There seemed to be someLewis Carrollnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-65945276207680165332016-03-23T23:12:11.694-04:002016-03-23T23:12:11.694-04:00Yeah, I'm afraid you might be right. The far l...Yeah, I'm afraid you might be right. The far left loves to manipulate language, and use that to get a foot in the door. First there were inchoate complaints about 'illegal alien,' then there were sophistical complaints about 'illegal immigrant,' then there was insistence on 'undocumented immigrant' or just 'undocumented' (as if they just lost some unspecified Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-41835259117197966402016-03-23T18:16:41.349-04:002016-03-23T18:16:41.349-04:00I've been wondering lately if this issue of co...I've been wondering lately if this issue of conflating legal and illegal immigration and the issue of denying the reality of race grow from the same soil on the left.<br /><br />The simplistic pomo kiddies deny that race is real and accuse anyone who asserts otherwise of being a racist. Here, they are effectively denying the reality of illegal immigration and accusing anyone against it of The Mystichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00813641115915460692noreply@blogger.com