middleagedgamer
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Conservative jackasses make the argument that "We have no obligation to just allow any Tom, Dick & Jose into our land just because they want to come."
Don't you get it? If your ancestors had done what you want to do, that wouldn't even be your decision to make in the first place!
Tell me: Are you a Native American?
And, furthermore, are you either an immigrant yourself, or a descendant of an immigrant?
It is physically impossible for you to answer the same to both of those questions.
About one tenth of Americans can trace their ancestry back to the Mayflower. Those guys did not have much documentation of their identities or criminal records, did they? And, they DAMN SURE didn't have the kind of documentation that our modern immigration system demands of well-meaning, hard-working, good-natured people.
Furthermore, 99% of all African Americans have no documentation whatsoever, prior to 1865, when the slaves were liberated.
Not only that, but, if it weren't for immigrants, we wouldn't have the economy that gives us the bargaining power to exert our will on an international scale like this. Our economy was built on the backs, the blood, the sweat, the tears of IMMIGRANTS!
Who built the Erie Canal? It was immigrants from Ireland.
Who created the 13 original colonies? It was immigrants who wanted asylumn from one thing or another, whether it be religious freedom, debt relief, or whatever. It was through THOSE immigrants that we created the militia that overthrew the British Army - at the time, the most fearsome fighting force on the planet.
We owe our prosperity to immigration. If it weren't for immigration, we wouldn't even be a country. And, even if we were a country, if it weren't for immigration, we wouldn't have the prosperity that we do, giving us the bargaining power to do this in the first place.
Conservatives, are you happy about this? Just as you conservatives complain that "You're saying not to support the troops, when they're dying to give you the right to say that." A similar approach can be applied to immigration. You have no moral right to spit in the face of immigrants who made this nation so wealthy and independent that you actually have the bargaining power to spit in their faces.
I despite you. I detest everything that you stand for on immigration. Have fun at your next KKK meeting.
Don't you get it? If your ancestors had done what you want to do, that wouldn't even be your decision to make in the first place!
Tell me: Are you a Native American?
And, furthermore, are you either an immigrant yourself, or a descendant of an immigrant?
It is physically impossible for you to answer the same to both of those questions.
About one tenth of Americans can trace their ancestry back to the Mayflower. Those guys did not have much documentation of their identities or criminal records, did they? And, they DAMN SURE didn't have the kind of documentation that our modern immigration system demands of well-meaning, hard-working, good-natured people.
Furthermore, 99% of all African Americans have no documentation whatsoever, prior to 1865, when the slaves were liberated.
Not only that, but, if it weren't for immigrants, we wouldn't have the economy that gives us the bargaining power to exert our will on an international scale like this. Our economy was built on the backs, the blood, the sweat, the tears of IMMIGRANTS!
Who built the Erie Canal? It was immigrants from Ireland.
Who created the 13 original colonies? It was immigrants who wanted asylumn from one thing or another, whether it be religious freedom, debt relief, or whatever. It was through THOSE immigrants that we created the militia that overthrew the British Army - at the time, the most fearsome fighting force on the planet.
We owe our prosperity to immigration. If it weren't for immigration, we wouldn't even be a country. And, even if we were a country, if it weren't for immigration, we wouldn't have the prosperity that we do, giving us the bargaining power to do this in the first place.
Conservatives, are you happy about this? Just as you conservatives complain that "You're saying not to support the troops, when they're dying to give you the right to say that." A similar approach can be applied to immigration. You have no moral right to spit in the face of immigrants who made this nation so wealthy and independent that you actually have the bargaining power to spit in their faces.
I despite you. I detest everything that you stand for on immigration. Have fun at your next KKK meeting.