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I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period
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Last night friends were complaining about the appalling slowness of the English legal system
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They knew that Rumeysa Ozturk had done nothing wrong. They sent masked men to grab and detain her anyway.
They knew Abrego Garcia had a protection order from deportation. They sent him to a foreign jail anyway.
They know the Supreme Court has told them that Abrego Garcia must be returned. They don’t care.
There is no debate any more. This president is a direct threat to the Constitution of the United States.
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Republican senator Dave McCormick condemns the arson against Governor Shapiro’s home: “We must call out the radical rhetoric and political violence that we have all witnessed over the course of this decade.”
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Trump has taken the most powerful country in the world, with the greatest alliances, and the strongest economy, and flushed it down the toilet based on his understanding of politics in 1984 and trade deficits.
The greatest self shot to the nut sack in history
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Fair is fair, as they say. The inverse of that postulate is no less true. People and states who have been more successful should not be propping up those which have failed to “take care of business” or of their responsibilities. Wait – that sounds strangely familiar. Yes, that’s what I thought. That is essentially the party line of the conservatives/Republicans/reactionaries. Hard-working people should not have to give up the fruits of their labor and their property or wealth to take care of those people who have squandered their resources.
The sentiment is admirable. But fairness in this case is a little too complex for most people for anything to happen in the way of rectifying the situation in the foreseeable future. First of all, there are also lots of powerful people and interests in Blue states working at cross purposes to those who support liberal/progressive/sane policies and working in league with the backward looking Red state officials and power brokers. Secondly, media owners have no interest in allowing the merits and details of such a change to ever reach the public. Thirdly, the big players will go to any lengths and spend millions on right-wing propaganda and talking points to quash this proposal, while the public will have more interest in football games and myriad other entertaining diversions.
This is not to say that this and other ideas should not be pursued with vigor and determination. Every attempt to draw attention to wrongs and systemic errors should be tried, and giving up without a fight is not an option. It doesn’t take a genius to see what has been happening for a very long time and changes do come eventually once momentum builds. Being a wet blanket is no fun at all. However, I’m afraid that our only hope is a series of positive events and major losses on the right with a huge shift in public attitudes and awareness in the next few years and decades. Right now, it’s a coin toss unless you truly are a cynic.
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Jun 28, 2023
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Robert,
You said "I’m afraid that our only hope is a series of positive events and major losses on the right with a huge shift in public attitudes and awareness in the next few years and decades."
I've just been reading a book, "Brighter: Optimism, Progress, and the Future of Environmentalism" by Adam Dorr. --very factually based, and goes far beyond "merely" saving the environment, and the time-frame "in the next few years and decades" is applicable. It appears that your hope for a series of pos…
Thanks for the tip. I just ordered the book!
Thom,
I hope you are impressed by Dorr's book as much as I am--perhaps enough that you write a review for your readers, and this information go viral.
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