Bogus Immigration Arguments
Republicans (so the story goes) hate all Americans (except for Rich White Americans); Democrats love all Americans (except for Rich White Americans) but hate America herself [but don't call them unpatriotic, cuz they're not].
Racism/Bigotry – This ubiquitous accusation is the Left’s default charge against anyone who opposes any part of their agenda. Like most of the terms that Liberals use to demonize their opposition, it no longer has any meaning whether relevant or not.
In the case of Illegal Immigration the Race card is being played incessantly as the Democrats pursue more “poor” votes, whatever the cost to America.
A very large group of people have broken into our country, disrespecting our sovereignty and our laws, and have proceeded to disproportionately (and negatively) influenced our already over-loaded healthcare system, our welfare system, and our crime rate… adding significantly to our problems and very little to their solutions – [I know: “they do the jobs that we won’t do”… some do, yes, but many, many others join gangs, become criminals, milk our systems, and generally go about trashing our country. In any case, this “jobs we won’t do” thing is our problem and the marketplace would resolve it.]
That same group of people is demanding to be treated as American Citizens while waving Mexican flags and refusing to act like American Citizens – speaking English, for example.
Under these circumstances, I don’t care what color these people are; I don’t want them to be allowed to come here and behave this way. If that turns out to be racist, then I’m a racist.
“But what about the Irish? They were considered a bunch of trouble-makers and eventually made great contributions to America.”
True. But there are a few differences. In the era when the Irish (and others) were coming to the U.S. we had laws, and we were willing to enforce them… police were allowed to “police”… the Left had not yet invented political correctness (which will btw be the thing that finally destroys America) and the welfare state. These early immigrants came here to take advantage of the opportunities that America offered, and they demanded nothing – they worked for it, became Americans, melted into our pot and succeeded. They didn’t come here to take advantage of our systems, flaunt our laws, and pretend they still live in Ireland.
It’s a different America today, and in the next few decades it’s going to get a whole lot more different… and not in a good way.
Racism/Bigotry – This ubiquitous accusation is the Left’s default charge against anyone who opposes any part of their agenda. Like most of the terms that Liberals use to demonize their opposition, it no longer has any meaning whether relevant or not.
In the case of Illegal Immigration the Race card is being played incessantly as the Democrats pursue more “poor” votes, whatever the cost to America.
A very large group of people have broken into our country, disrespecting our sovereignty and our laws, and have proceeded to disproportionately (and negatively) influenced our already over-loaded healthcare system, our welfare system, and our crime rate… adding significantly to our problems and very little to their solutions – [I know: “they do the jobs that we won’t do”… some do, yes, but many, many others join gangs, become criminals, milk our systems, and generally go about trashing our country. In any case, this “jobs we won’t do” thing is our problem and the marketplace would resolve it.]
That same group of people is demanding to be treated as American Citizens while waving Mexican flags and refusing to act like American Citizens – speaking English, for example.
Under these circumstances, I don’t care what color these people are; I don’t want them to be allowed to come here and behave this way. If that turns out to be racist, then I’m a racist.
“But what about the Irish? They were considered a bunch of trouble-makers and eventually made great contributions to America.”
True. But there are a few differences. In the era when the Irish (and others) were coming to the U.S. we had laws, and we were willing to enforce them… police were allowed to “police”… the Left had not yet invented political correctness (which will btw be the thing that finally destroys America) and the welfare state. These early immigrants came here to take advantage of the opportunities that America offered, and they demanded nothing – they worked for it, became Americans, melted into our pot and succeeded. They didn’t come here to take advantage of our systems, flaunt our laws, and pretend they still live in Ireland.
It’s a different America today, and in the next few decades it’s going to get a whole lot more different… and not in a good way.