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Re:Japan Is Giving Away 8M Abandoned Houses by philliphaydon on Thursday November 29, 2018 @03:17AM (#18558820)
It must be hard working on the border when people bring children that are not their own to fast tack their way through into the country. Or when families lie about their child’s age to loophole the system. But it’s easier for us to focus on the separation rather than the reason the separation exists to begin with.

And let’s not forget tear gas being used for crowds of people throwing stones at border patrol. No lets focus on tear gas issue and less of the people doing their job being assulted.

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Re:Japan Is Giving Away 8M Abandoned Houses by crc32 on Thursday November 29, 2018 @04:33AM (#18559064)
> people bring children that are not their own to fast tack their way through into the country. Or when families lie about their child’s age to loophole the system.

Completely citation & evidence free assertions - smells like slander to me.

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Re:Japan Is Giving Away 8M Abandoned Houses by crc32 on Thursday November 29, 2018 @05:57AM (#18559365)
From your fox news link:

"On Thursday, officials revealed that in seven of 102 cases involving children under 5 separated from their guardians, the adult was determined not to actually be the parent."

So ok, you're only slandering ~95% of those 102. If you don't like the term "slander" how about "generalisation" or "prejudice".

Forgive me if these words have negative connotations, or "trigger feelings" - but what term would you use, to describe declaring 100% of a group to have attributes that only apply to - by your very own research - 5% of that group?

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