Re:Before the Fall of the Roman Republic
by tptacek on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @02:43PM
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I'm comfortable with what my rebuttal says about your argument and am fine leaving it here.
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Re:Before the Fall of the Roman Republic
by throwawaylinux on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @03:18PM
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It doesn't, you just cherry picking one difference you could think of and try to claim that is the only thing that matters. That doesn't rebut my argument.
Obama absolutely would be called a racist xenophobe today based on his stated policies of border control, his mass deportation of illegal immigrants, and instances of separating immigrant children from their families. That is how far the window has shifted on this topic. Birthright citizenship doesn't change that.
So that's how far the window has shifted on the subject in a few short years. Therefore I think it is quite reasonable to question the allegation that racism and xenophobia is getting worse.