Who do you think pushed my homeland of South Africa to the brink? The Anglo-American axis of evil, with their interventions, sanctions & regime change pressures. Sound familiar? MORE: http://www.ilanamercer.com/phprunner/public_article_list_view.php?editid1=927 … http://www.ilanamercer.com/phprunner/public_article_list_view.php?editid1=927 …
The left says "Hey, we're a nation of immigrants. The land was taken from the Indians, who were genocided. And there were many waves throughout US history, therefore you have to allow more immigration." Notice that the conclusion doesn't logically follow, and...
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You're right, and it's easily shot down with an argument that will leave people sputtering. One can point out that if one were to look far enough back in one's family tree, one would certainly find a direct ancestor who was conceived through an act of rape.
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Eliminate all of the rapes in history, and none of us would ever have been born. Therefore, by the logic used by the Far Left, we would all have to be in favor of rape, in order to avoid the charge of hypocrisy. Reductio ad absurdum.
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Reduction to the absurd - The vile nature of the conclusion shows us how bad the philosophical idea leading to it is.
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What bothers me in the case of the European countries is that these countries have well-defined identities going back for centuries or even millennia, that are diluted and ultimately destroyed through immigration.
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I don't merely want to see an end to the forcing of immigration on European countries that don't really want it, I'd really rather that they didn't let any significant number of people in, period. A world without a France or a Hungary is a much poorer, emptier, duller place.
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In the case of America, I can accept the notion of selectively letting people in, so long as this doesn't go on being the free-for-all it has been. I'm fine with the idea of the American people inviting new people in, if that's what they want to do, and if they're being careful.
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As long as we're looking at people who will fit in peacefully (no jihadists) and productively, I don't see that as an undermining of our identity, I see that as a continuation of the process of forging that identity.
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In a few centuries, when America has defined itself as a culture and a people as well as the European countries have, I'm hoping that even that controlled immigration will largely be cut off.
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immigration was bad for the Indians. So if immigration has been bad for natives at various times, why can't we say now that it's not good for us and we don't want any more. No need to continue making the same mistakes.
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Absolutely, the American people ethically have that right. They don't even need a good reason to refuse entry to an immigrant. One's home is one's home, and it is the right of the American people to decide who will or will not become new Americans.
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I have never argued that anybody has a right to move to America. I merely haven't gotten upset about the idea of America picking and choosing, saying "this person would be a good addition to our country" and "this person would not."
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