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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by scrollaway on Saturday January 28, 2017 @06:17PM (#13510197)
Three things:

1. It's not what "half of you wanted". It's what a portion of the portion of those that voted in a 55% turnout election wanted. A tiny and vindictive portion, that lost the popular vote.

2. Even if it were what "half of you wanted", it's also what half of you did not want. This is not a kid's game where you count up the points and call the clear winner. If half of your population's will is being disregarded and worked against, there is a problem.

3. This is plain and simply abhorrent. Even if these were popular policies, they are reprehensible. The majority can be misguided.

PS: Your twitter feed is worse than an angry child's. Seriously, get a hold of yourself. Applauding Trump's targeting of the free press and minorities? "Civilizational cancer"? Are you seriously surprised that people dislike you and your ideologies?

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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by riazrizvi on Saturday January 28, 2017 @09:18PM (#13511420)
In the absence of information from that 45% it is not unreasonable to assume the 55% represent their view. Also some Democrats are anti-immigrant. So not such a tiny portion are anti-immigrant. It will be interesting to see what repercussions are from this executive order.
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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by waqf on Saturday January 28, 2017 @06:47PM (#13510445)
> If half of your population's will is being disregarded and worked against, there is a problem.

Then it seems to me there has been a problem in the US for many years now.

(Good news everyone! There's now a problem in the UK, too!)

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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by eli_gottlieb on Saturday January 28, 2017 @07:13PM (#13510632)
Yes, there has been a big, big problem in the US for many, many years now, but it got especially bad with the gerrymandering in 2010.
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Re:Iranian MIT student goes home over break, denied return f... by scrollaway on Saturday January 28, 2017 @06:54PM (#13510495)
I don't think you'll find many people arguing against that. It's one of the main reasons why Trump won.
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