tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post830734027800983634..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: To Find the Moral Center on Immigration, We Must Start by Telling the TruthNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-33880706504796834552021-03-16T14:00:07.368-05:002021-03-16T14:00:07.368-05:00"Instead, they are asylum-seekers attempting ..."Instead, they are asylum-seekers attempting to escape violence and corruption in countries like Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador."<br /><br />Don't forget climate change. That's going to turn the trickle into a deluge over the next few years, both here and over at your side of the Atlantic. Unless we get our collective thumbs out of our collective arses.Brian Shanahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539231902235691937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-54585615624066670962021-03-05T09:28:44.672-06:002021-03-05T09:28:44.672-06:00Very good writeup, if only this was the quality of...Very good writeup, if only this was the quality of most of what passes for blogging these days, the level of discourse in the US would be much better.<br /><br />I think there are two reasons why this kind of truth telling is lacking. The first one, as so clearly championed by Trump, Miller, et al, is bigotry. It's easy to mobilize people when you point at someone and say" "whatever problem you have is the fault of these other people that look and sound different from you so let's get rid of those already here and stop more from coming". The second one is simplicity in the message. As you've so eloquently shown, truth has nuance to it, and thus it doesn't lend itself to the short bumper sticker approach that many (almost entirely on the right) prefer for solutions. For many, it's better to have a one liner simple to understand "solution" even if it does nothing to address the actual problem, than to have an actual solution that takes more than 5 seconds to explain.<br /><br />In this instance, step one for the Biden administration and Dems in general should be to clarify that what many think is the problem actually isn't a big issue, and that the go to solutions solutions so far (focus on the border, wall building, etc), don't actually do anything to address either the imaginary nor the real problem.Solarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958876645703624968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-40230595258237018782021-03-05T09:12:34.849-06:002021-03-05T09:12:34.849-06:00Couldn't agree more with everything you say.Couldn't agree more with everything you say.Solarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958876645703624968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-12425042290036654472021-03-05T08:51:55.866-06:002021-03-05T08:51:55.866-06:00For years, the Republican response to many progres...For years, the Republican response to many progressive plans has been blind opposition because it's, well, something about 'The Other.' White Americans fall prey to these R fear-based arguments and as such become the de facto opposition, knowing not much about the true situations. My own arguments have centered around 'just how many doctors, scientists, economists, business leaders and fellow citizens and neighbors are of foreign birth'? People come to this country with expectations of a better, safer life; and for most of them, they find it here. It is time to make them 'whole' citizens who are full partners in their own (and our) futures. Can't agree more with Nancy; the current opposition to immigration reform is based simply on a refusal to open up the promises of American to people. Celuihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11522298492646608108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-34245122009589525332021-03-04T15:58:35.362-06:002021-03-04T15:58:35.362-06:00Another eloquent post, truly seeking truth telling...Another eloquent post, truly seeking truth telling and both the politically appealing and moral center. Speaking of which, the Washington Monthly opened its blog today with precisely the lying and the offense against the inhumane you decry, especially the first. The post just repeated that the Democratic stance on immigration is open borders, so it has to do better. You're well rid of them. JohnHhttps://www.haberarts.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-42580455185856309872021-03-04T14:06:00.988-06:002021-03-04T14:06:00.988-06:00Agree entirely. We have already invested in their ...Agree entirely. We have already invested in their education, why waste that investment?bkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358722920622716361noreply@blogger.com