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If by Far Left and Far Right you imply people like Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump respectively, then I would say that, while Far Left are worse and more damaging long-term, Far Right are very poisonous for societal health. Western Nations barely have the Far Right and Far Left presence on the global scale, given the existence of such nations as North Korea or Saudi Arabia that are really-really Far either way - but certain groups and individuals do make me wonder if Western people are slowly giving up on their liberal-democratic roots, choosing comfort and security over freedom and liberty. Then again, it might be Cicero's "Oh the times, oh the customs!" attitude I have developed over the last few years.
Regardless, in practical terms, I would prefer people like Donald Trump over people like Bernie Sanders to rule the country. The former are just incompetent clowns that target some social groups, but overall leave the system intact. The latter, however, have a potential to dismantle everything that has been built around here over the last several centuries. Free market is the cornerstone of modern developed nations, and if that is burned down, then nothing of value remains.
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That's not ethnic cleansing.
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So not only is his criticism based on imaginary circumstances that don't exist, his criticism of the left wing is that treating "illegals" well is equivalent to ethnic cleansing.
Petty complaints that don't matter or even exist vs crimes against humanity, oh boy that's a hard one to weigh up!
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You know, in the founding of our nation, no one seemed to care. Everyone was an immigrant or a second or third generation of settlers. But now, Trump and his followers claim that illegal immigration will cripple our country. The defining characteristic of America is that we believe everyone to be equal, but we refuse to let in impoverished Mexicans. When was the last time we got a terrorist from Mexico? We need not fear or reject them. Nor do I believe that Eastern refugees should be shut out. A careful screening process should take place, but we can not turn a blind eye to the suffering of the war while our troops are there.
When we rescued Vietnamese before the invasion of the Southern capital, they ended up living here permanently, and we had nothing to fear from them, either.
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You know, the one which you've now conceded, admitting that being too nice to illegal immigrants is petty and imaginary and not equivalent to ethnic cleansing.
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Look over there, a liberal trying to put flouride in the water!
*Runs away*"
- CYDdharta, 2019
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Also I don't care about your fanfiction. I'm sure in your imagination there's all kinds of fantastic adavtages the far left provides for illegal immigrants but I'm talking about reality.
Lastly you're strawmanning pretty hard here. You think "X is nowhere near as bad as ethnic cleansing" is promoting X? Bizarre.
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Assessment stage 1: Was the subject able to use the word "hypocrite" correctly in a sentence. No.
End of assesment.
Marks: 0/1
Conclusion: You didn't even know what the word "hypocrite".
Well if this is the hill you want to die on, lets take a look. You are trying to claim that is is an instance of the far-left treating illegal immigrants better than civilians in a manner comparable to ethnic cleansing.
Far Left: Nope. This is a centrist policy which more Americans support than oppose.
Better than citizens: Nope. You're only focusing on the bits that support your argument and ignoring everything which shows you're wrong. They face massive disadvantages even in your own quote (risk of being thrown out of the country) as well as all the downsides not even touched on there like the little or no access to public services liek healthcare, housing, education - the risk of falling into human trafficking or sex trafficking when crossing borders, etc.
Comparable to ethnic cleansing: The idea that an illegal immigrant not getting arrested and thrown out the country for minor offences which don't harm anyone is comparable to ethnic cleansing is patently absurd. That you're reduced to this just shows how weak your argument is and supports my initial assessment that people complaining about the left-wing are essentially whiners with no real issues to raise.
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It's too late dude, you used it multiple times incorrectly just in its thread. Finally being able to use it in the correct context after being called out on it multiple times is waaaaay too late.
Let's add "reading basic written English" to the list of things you're not able to do!
"Half of Americans, 50%, think sanctuary cities are needed to provide services to undocumented immigrants while 41% say undocumented immigrants should be deported, and therefore, there is no need for sanctuary cities. 10% of Americans are unsure. On the question of cutting federal funds to cities that provide sanctuary to undocumented immigrants, 53% of U.S. residents oppose such a measure, 42% support eliminating federal monies, and 5% are unsure."
Literally the second paragraph of the article I linked to!
Also the poll you linked to is a push poll designed to sway voters rather than get there honest opinion. To get their opinion you're meant to phrase the question as neutrally as possible, not make sure to throw in fright words like 'illegal' and 'crimes' which radicalise poll opinion. Well done linking to a biased organisation pushing a racist agenda, classified by the Southern Poverty Law Centre as an "anti-immigration hate group". Surely that's the most reliable source!
Even right-wing think tanks like the CATO institute are calling BS on the figures the CIS puts out.
At this point it seems hopeless so I'm putting you back on my ignore list. You barely seem to understand English and don't seem able to engage with any points, so why bother?
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Blues and Raptors handed two very toxic teams embarrassing losses, 95% of the sports world is rejoicing in the news
Repealing the Second Amendment is the first step to Totalitarianism, and it needs to be prevented to protect our freedom
http://www.atheistrepublic.com/
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The question is what constitutes "the middle", and it is different for every individual. In my world view, for example, "the middle", or the normal state of the society, is when the government has 0 involvement in anything that is not directly related to human rights. Any involvement of the government into economics, for example, is already too far to the left in my eyes. Far right would be a full-on anarchy with no government whatsoever, no legal system, no anything; essentially everyone does whatever they want to anyone else, as in the animal kingdom.
What is seen as the "middle" in the American politics, let alone in even more statist systems such as the European or the Japanese one, I see as a very-very-very far authoritarian extreme. Come together in the middle, with people who say things like "Well, I think we should allow people to do business not with 100,000, but only with 10,000 bureaucratic restrictions"? To me that is like asking a pacifist and a terrorist to come together on the grounds of "Terrorist attacks are okay, as long as the number of victims is less than 100" - do you think any pacifist will see this as a middle ground?
Politics is not some kind of sport, it is a playground on which the fates of people hang. I personally do not want to look for the "middle ground" as far as my fate is concerned; I want the best and the most for myself. I think it is more important to stay true to one's principles, than to compromise with those they fundamentally disagree with. A bit fewer politicians whose opinion changes daily with the current, and a bit more politicians who stay true to their beliefs even when 99.99% people strongly disagree with them - would do good for our country.
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Ummm, where did you come up with the evidence to prove that Mexicans don't integrate? Every time a new culture of people begin immigrating into the US, they get accused of not integrating. Perhaps the reason YOU think they don't integrate is because YOU don't actually want them here anyway. How does one go about measuring how well a certain culture is or isn't integrating? This isn't something that can be measured. You've made a claim based solely on how you "feel", not on proven evidence. You wouldn't rely on my "feelings" or my claim that I work with a Mexican, and I don't live anywhere near the Mexican border(that's actually true). Why should anyone rely on your "feelings"?
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That's just a map with green colors that happen to be more prominent toward the southern border! It has no information whatsoever on what it's supposed to be showing! It could be a precipitation map of hurricane Harvey for all we know. Furthermore, if that were a map of people of Mexican heritage and where they reside, I challenge you to show a map that proves the same phenomenon isn't happening on the Northern US border, and that the majority of people with Canadian heritage living in the US do not mostly reside near the Northern US border. I also challenge you prove that this is a new trend. Prove to us that people of Mexican decent in the US weren't mostly situated in those regions 100 years ago. What is this map trying to prove as far as Mexican integration is concerned? Do the darker greens indicate less integration?!?!? You even stated yourself that they "elect pro-immigrant officials" which, if we were to hold any value in the claims that you make without any evidence and are only based on personal "feelings", then we could consider it proof that they are integrating and participating in our election process. There's no evidence in your argument that Mexicans aren't integrating, and that map you have has no evidence of anything, at least as far as this discussion goes.
***"Immigrants from other nations have to cross an ocean. While they may have created ethnic enclaves here and there they never had the numbers to become a dominant race."***
In my opinion, this is the most egregiously fallacious and uninformed aspect of your whole argument. It's saturated in wrongness. At first, I had trouble wrapping my brain around how wrong it is, it took me some time to untangle the intricate web of argumentative wrongdoing that has occurred here. First off, Mexicans aren't a race, they're a heritage. Spanish, isn't even a race, it's a language that is spoken by different cultures and races, just as English is. Secondly, on the topic of race, to suggest that the US isn't populated by Caucasians more so than any other race is obviously wrong. I think what you're trying to suggest is that Mexicans are becoming the dominant "race" in the US, and you (erroneously) classify them as a race, but when you point to any other sectors of society, you only classify them in their respective cultural lineage, not their racial denomination. It would be an understatement to say that, that's an inconsistent argument is an understatement! Thirdly, you fail to provide any evidence that Mexican immigration somehow dwarfs the size and scope of any other immigration circumstances in the US. Are you claiming that Mexican emigration to the US is happening at a faster rate than any other mass immigration to the US, and if so, where's your evidence? Lastly, even if you were to prove that Mexican immigration is happening on a larger and faster scale, what does any of this have to do with their integrating habits? To prove that Mexicans are emigrating at a faster pace than any other cultural group, doesn't prove anything as far as their ability or willingness to integrate is concerned. Please let us know if you actually come up with convincing evidence which demonstrates that Mexicans aren't integrating into American society. Thanx.
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Oh, sorry, I thought you had at least an ounce of sense. Boy did you prove me wrong. Does this spell it out better for you?
Why do you go off on this idiotic tangent? I clearly said Hispanics, not Mexicans, not Spanish. Certainly Hispanics ARE becoming the dominant race in certain areas of the US, primarily along the US-Mexican border. That's what the maps and the data illustrate. As for them not integrating, that's a logical consequence, as I've already illustrated. It's a pretty good indication that people who come into the US waving foreign flags aren't serious about integrating. You think I'm wrong? Then prove it. Find your own links and post your own data, something more compelling than your opinion.
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Again, Spanish is not a race, it's a language spoken by many different cultures and different races. Prove to us that Spanish is a race, I know you won't find evidence to prove that Spanish is a race!!! Where do those Canadians live, I'm gonna take a stab at it and say they're near the Canadian border. I live near the Canadian border and I notice Canadian flags being waved all the time. In Maine, it's more prominent than the American flag. I wonder if you're going to call them out on that and accuse them of not integrating? No, you won't, because Canadians aren't part of the Spanish race. "The U.S. Census Bureau defines the ethnonym Hispanic or Latino to refer to "a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race" and states that Hispanics or Latinos can be of any race, any ancestry, any ethnicity." Please, fruit loop, Spanish ain't a race.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic
Hello, since when did showing where the majority of Mexicans reside in the United States, prove that they don't integrate? I pointed out in my last post that even if you did show where Mexicans mostly reside in the US, that doesn't prove that they're not integrating, it just shows that most Mexicans in the US live near the Mexican border. Gee, that must have been a tough one to prove. Notice you still didn't show that most Canadians living in the US don't live near the Canadian border. If most Canadians live near the Canadian border, does that mean they're not integrating? All you have to show that Mexicans don't integrate is because they wave Mexican flags?!?!? I thought I told you to let us know if you actually come up with convincing evidence, what happened there?
All we ever get from you is arguments based on your feelings, not factually based evidence. Find a way to prove to us that Mexicans or Spanish people aren't integrating without using your "feelings". Your "feelings" mean nothing to us, how do we know you're not a troll bot that's been programmed in Moscow? How do we know you're not a liar? Factually based evidence will be convincing, not the word of some person who uses the tea party emblem as a avatar on a debate page.
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Is now the correct time to make a joke and say they are the same when far equal unable to hear?
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It is definitely not a good thing - but, as an immigrant, I see it as bad, first and foremost, for the immigrants themselves. They miss on a lot of opportunities the First World offers, and closing themselves in the environment dominated by other immigrants like them is going to have very negative long-term effects on their personal success.
It is another matter that building walls and banning all immigration from multiple countries does not exactly make for a positive change in this regard. What does is a welcoming attitude based on open-mindedness and acceptance. The US used to have this attitude, but 9/11 really broke this country's spirit in this regard.
In Canada, Japan, Australia, even Spain - the border control officers always greeted me with smiles and friendly chit-chat. The US TSA officers, however, keep greeting everyone - native-born citizens included - with intense look and interrogation. For all its positive sides, the US surely lags behind many civilized countries when it comes to guest reception.
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Again, YOU brought up Spanish. YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE TALKING ABOUT SPANISH, ROMP ROAST!!!! Put your strawman away, I said Hispanics.
Your myopic observations about the Canadian border aside, as I have already pointed out, Canadians make up only a mere fraction of the US population, and there hasn't been any significant change to their immigration rate. Canadians are not flooding into the US. If they ever do, then we'd need to take a new look at the issue. American immigrants make up a much larger percentage of the Canadian population than Canadian immigrants do the US population. There are small enclaves on both sides of the border. The same cannot be said of Mexicans and Mexico. Mexicans make up a significant portion of the US population.
How dense do you have to be to believe immigrants waving around Mexican flags means they're integrating? Maybe you'll listen to survey analyses;
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-study-of-four-generations-46372
Does that spell out the blatantly obvious for you? Hispanics settle on the border and don't integrate into American society. No other race does this. It is a recipe for disaster.
A better example of projection would be hard to imagine. I post links and graphs to back up my position. You just choose to ignore them. You NEVER post anything, at least nothing relevant, to back up your position. Just your "feelings" and moronic false equivalencies. Try posting some evidence to support your position sometime. Factually based evidence will be convincing, not the word of some leftist loon who uses a mushroom cloud as an avatar on a debate page. And Moscow?!? Seriously??? How far to the left to you have to be to believe that crap?
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Sorry May, I gotta throw you right into the same category as CYD, when it comes how misinformed you are. A study has shown that most Puerto Ricans who live in the US have adopted English as their primary language. They even speak it at home. The same is true for Spanish people of European decent, but possibly on a larger scale. And third and fourth generation Mexican Americans speak English fluently. We can thank CYD for that bit of information.
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/01/22/262791008/english-only-for-mainland-puerto-ricans-the-answer-is-often-yes
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Americans
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-study-of-four-generations-46372
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It would be the perfect cover for you to pretend your a hardened American Nationalist, if you were actually a Russian troll bot. In fact, I'd say there's no evidence to suggest you're not a bot. Your tendency to hurl disinformation and use divisive language, I think I'm really on to something here. Oh my gosh, we gotta real genuine spy here folks. Watch what you say around CYD, (if that's his real name. I bet it's something real scary like Fyodor).
Oh, my bad. You were talking about Hispanics, not Spanish people. That changes the whole dynamic of this discussion. My bizzle. No really, it changes nothing. The same rule applies when it comes to Hispanics, they're not a race. "Hispanic" is an umbrella term used to describe people of Spanish decent. According to the census bureau, the Hispanics that live to in the US are made up of six different races. The largest portion of Hispanics are of the white race, so don't worry Fyodor, they're actually your kind. I'll bet a lot of them listen to country music. To be honest, if I were an immigrant in the US, and I heard the swill that they're trying to pass off as country music, I would contemplate going back to Syria if need be. Yucky!! That stuff makes me break out in hives. And I'm not talking about polka, Fyodor. I'm talking about country, or what Tom Petty described as "bad rock bands with fiddles".
Thanks for clearing up any confusion with the map, now if you wouldn't mind telling us exactly what it has to do with anything, we would really get an idea of it's value. You still didn't show us that most Canadians living in the US don't live near the Canadian border. You also didn't show us that where most Hispanics in the US reside, is a new trend. If I remember correctly (which I do), it was you who pointed out that most Hispanics living in the US reside in the area that was taken by the US after the war with Mexico. So, that would suggest that most Hispanics living in the US have lived in those areas, at least as far back as the war with Mexico. Again, what does any of this have to do with Hispanics and their willingness to integrate?
I don't know if the study done by the UCLA was something that you wanted to post. It kinda suggests the opposite of what you're saying. Like for instance, third and fourth generation Mexican American families speak English fluently, and they prefer American music(sadly, I bet that means country, but I digress). More and more are becoming Protestants and voting for Republicans. It does say that Mexican Americans are adamant about passing on their language and knowledge of their heritage to the next generation. I don't find that to be out of the ordinary when it comes to other immigrant populations living in the US. I'll bet ol' Fyodor has taught little Boris and Natasha how to play the accordion and fiddle. All immigrant people in the US, teach their kids about their heritage. It's nothing different with Hispanics.
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Obviously this is the case for Puerto Ricans; it is a given. As for the other two notions, they do not really refute anything I have said: I was talking about new arrivals, that is first generation immigrants. Later generations integrate much better naturally.
In our integrated/integrating immigrant circles, we often imply the following unspoken pattern when talking about the majority of immigrants:
1st generation - not integrated; not trying to integrate.
2nd generation - strongly integrated; still retains deep national roots.
3rd generation - perfectly integrated; still bilingual.
4th generation - perfectly integrated; monolingual.
Obviously this is a general pattern, and does not apply to every single case. I barely speak my native language any more (have not used it much in the last 5 years), and I am a 1st generation immigrant. On the other hand, I once met a guy who was a descendant of Russian immigrants back from the middle of the 19th century, and he still speaks Russian and hangs out with some other Russian speakers.
There is a lot of variation when it comes to individual immigrants and descendants of immigrants.
It also really depends on the country of departure and the country of arrival. A Canadian will much more eagerly and easily integrate in the US, than an Indian in Japan, for example. Sometimes the cultures are so different that integration might not even be desirable; for example, I would love to go and work in Japan for a couple of years, but I definitely would not want to integrate into their society, because it is too collectivist and conformist to my taste, and I would need to reject my nature to do so.
Mexicans and Americans are not very different in this cultural regard, relative to some other combinations, so I would expect Mexicans to integrate pretty well. Cubans or Venezuelans, for example, would be another matter... And North Koreans - let us not even go in there.
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Ok. Just so we're on the same page, you're in agreement that "most native Spanish speakers" are on the same integration schedule that you have in mind?
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