I think most people have both intellectual and deeper, visceral reasons for the policies they promote. When people ask me why I defend immigration...Yes, there are lots of good intellectual reasons, but also, *it's what I grew up with*.https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1056206835810791425 …
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Immigrants were great people, of course. They were my friends' parents. They introduced me to interesting things. But on top of that, their presence symbolized the greatness of a nation that I felt I belonged to.
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Without immigration, we were - what? Just like all those other countries, which I imagined (not correctly, but not entirely incorrectly either) as closed-off societies that defined themselves by race, ancestry, and pedigree.
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In fact, I still believe something like this, though now I've seen with my own eyes the power of the xenophobic backlash that has also occasionally defined America throughout its history. I believe we have the power to stop that backlash if we want.
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The America of the 1990s and 2000s is gone now (and yes, parts of it needed to go). But I want the new America that emerges from our current time of troubles to retain the essential elements of the America I believed in when I was young. And immigration is one of those.
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This is not to say that there aren't also very good intellectual, pragmatic justifications for immigration. There are plenty. But for anyone who wondered about why I'm *emotionally* invested in the issue...well, there you go. (end)
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I agree with you. But it shouldn't matter what you grew up with or how you were raised, if you have good intellectual reasons to support it. Because how you were raised won't persuade anyone.
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On the contrary, I think one essential element of persuasion is to let people know where you're coming from. We all have emotional, visceral motivations, and when people know what those are, they know we're not keeping anything secret or trying to put one over on them.
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it wasnt even a matter of telling yourself. it was evident every day. playing mortal kombat with your indian immigrant friends after work at your job at a company that was started by a self-made turkish entrepreneur. believing that the world wanted you to see its best.
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