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    1. g a b y‏ @gabydvj Jul 7
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      so either you're unfamiliar with the history of immigration enforcement and unwilling to just like, look things up, or you're familiar with it and you're making bad faith arguments regardless!

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    2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jul 7
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      I wasn't making any particular argument, notwithstanding your reflexive ascription of bad faith. I was observing that activist/media opinion on this topic has shifted rapidly in a short period of time,and the underlying principles from which they're operating should be elucidated

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    3. g a b y‏ @gabydvj Jul 7
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      “activist” opinion on this hasn’t “shifted rapidly” over the last year, immigration activists have been calling for an end to these policies since before obama was in office. saying otherwise only proves that you’re wading into something you’ve made no effort to understand

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    4. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jul 7
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      I mean “activists” in the sense of Democratic Party-aligned activists, operatives, and journalists who’ve suddenly decided this issue is a moral crisis while having previously ignored it, but there you go again with the reflexive ascription of bad faith

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    5. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jul 7
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      Michael Tracey Retweeted Michael Tracey

      You also didn’t answer my questionhttps://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1147901997628252161 …

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      So, what's your operating principle? You clearly have strong views on this subject. I won't ascribe bad faith, I'll simply ask. Is your operating principle simply that the US should return to pre-1996 practices? Or do you have more fundamental objections?
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    6. g a b y‏ @gabydvj Jul 7
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      i didn’t answer your question because i’m having a nice day in the park and my phone died, pls calm down. also if you meant democratic party operatives, you should’ve said that

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    7. g a b y‏ @gabydvj Jul 7
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      in any case, i don’t see why *my* opinion on this matters more than anyone else’s. but the general operating principle is that the last 3 decades of imm enforcement have been punitive, costly, inhumane, and ultimately ineffective

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    8. g a b y‏ @gabydvj Jul 7
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      that’s not my opinion, there’s data to back it up. prevention through deterrence doesn’t work; mass detention doesn’t work. these policies are relatively new, yet you’re saying ending them would be a hard sell to mainstream democrats because... why, exactly?

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    9. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jul 7
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      I'm saying ending all immigration enforcement and denouncing all detention as inherently evil, which is what Dem-aligned operatives, activists, and media increasingly advocate, would in fact be a significant policy change, which is why I asked if you're affirming those principles

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    10. g a b y‏ @gabydvj Jul 7
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      if you seriously think dem party operatives are calling for an end to all immigration enforcement you’re more clueless than i thought lmao. this isn’t really worth my time, i’m going to the movies now, have a great night my dude!

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jul 7
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      Have a great time. Let me note for the record that you've ascribed bad faith on several occasions, but won't answer a simple question about your own views, and also of course worked in several random personal insults. Other than that, awesome exchange, thanks for initiating it.

      4:12 PM - 7 Jul 2019
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        2. g a b y‏ @gabydvj Jul 7
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          this isn’t a conversation about my personal views, it’s about what dem operatives and activists are and aren’t saying. if you can find me a single example of a mainstream democrat saying we should end all immigration enforcement, i’ll happily continue the discussion

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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jul 7
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          On the day of my tweet I was inundated with hundreds of people, many of whom are Dem-aligned activists and media, demanding conditions-free release of all detainees and decrying on principle all enforcement measures

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        2. Noah Hurowitz‏Verified account @NoahHurowitz Jul 7
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          lmao dude you're so fucking dumb and just aggressively demonstrating your own bad faith

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        3. Noah Hurowitz‏Verified account @NoahHurowitz Jul 7
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          honestly i cannot stress how incapable you are of rational dialogue or coherent argument and i aplaud gaby for trying but my god, how many concussions have you gotten from slipping on a giant banana peel

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