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Link: https://twitter.com/dmartosko/status/1057278193344897024
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I think it is because they are moving from a manufacturing base to a service base, and they feel that they need free immigration to sustain their dues. Weird to watch, though. Who would have thought that union bosses would be more concerned about future possible employees than current employees. I see Trump's election as possibly being in part to the union line workers noticing that Trump wants to protect their current jobs, whereas the union bosses are more concerned about perpetuating the union for the sake of itself (and for the sake of perpetuating the union boss jobs--unions have become a sort of industry in and of themselves, and they are trying to survive themselves, with less concern for their current members).
party, you are right about that.
Wanting America to move ahead (or being concerned about it slowing down) on the world economic and political stage is not xenophobia. Wanting to enforce laws is not xenophobia. Wanting to make sure that American workers are not undermined is not xenophobia.
Were we xenophobic during the Cold War, because we opposed the Soviet Union? Of course not, but the way you use that word could be applied to our acts in the Cold War.
Use of that word is, dare I say, even more comical than most uses of the word "racism" these days. Total nonsense.
Mexico is sending us its rapists, the caravan is full of bad peoples, middle easterners are in the Caravan, Soros is flooding the country with illegals through the caravan, illegals vote by the millions which cost me the popular vote, you know classic Xenophobic comments.
I agree you can be for strong borders and not be a Xenophobe. That’s not Orange, who demagogues the issue to appeal to exactly those people.
Are they xenophobes of their own country?
Xenophobia includes an irrational dislike and fear of those from other nations. It is clearly not rational to dislike immigration by certain people simply because they come from a place you think is undesirable. That’s what he was saying and that’s why it’s xenophobic.
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Ya think it’s rational to dislike or fear foreigners because of their misfortune to come from a “shithole” country?
Young Ned of the Hill would be appalled.
Would love to hear your answer to that.
Let me also ask you this: Can anyone enforce the laws without being xenophobic? Or, is mere enforcement of duly enacted laws "xenophobic," and anyone who does it, even Obama, is xenophobic (e.g., because they keep out foreigners)?
to use the Orange vernacular, not Latin America.
Additionally, as you well know his personal feelings are irrelevant. He may or may not personally believe it.
The issue is whether the objectively under the definition the statement is xenophobic. It clearly is and there is no way you can truthfully say to the contrary.
Whether he believes his own xenophobic, demagogic bullshit, or cynically says it just to rile up his knuckle dragging base doesn’t matter.
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whether I thought Orange hated Latin Americans. A complete non answer and attempt to switch the argument.
I'm surprised you even try to equate the two. As I say, it is embarrassing for you. You lose credibility every time you mention it. The people fleeing those countries are doing so precisely because of what Trump so crassly describes. Does that make them xenophobic? Of course not. The only reason you collapse the two into one is because it provides you a lazy third argument against trump. Stick to the other two (protectionism and isolationism...although I think he is also not an isolationist at all...so maybe stick to the protectionist label).
coming from such places, and saying that we don’t want them here. That is the definition of xenophobia, which includes irrational fear and dislike of foreigners.
The fact that you even dispute this reflects poorly on the credibility of someone who claims to have a law degree.
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with years ago. It's like dealing with entitlements. It needs to happens...but when and by whom? As Milton Friedman said, free and fair trade with the US is our best weapon. The US, unfortunately, negotiated with China the way many cities have negotiated with public unions absence any regard for the long-term repercussions of present day decisions.
The solution though isn’t what we have.
ferring going on.