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Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by slg on Saturday May 23, 2026 @07:26PM (#48252628)
That "19th century ethnic activist" was born in the US after her family emigrated here more than a century prior fleeing the Inquisition. Her activism was aiding refugees entering New York as they fled the pogroms of Eastern Europe. My ancestors entered this country in the 19th century though that "golden door" as "poor huddled masses" fleeing those same pogroms. I admire that "ethnic activist" not locking the door behind her just because her ancestors happened to make the journey in a prior generation and therefore I echo that mindset. For me, being anti-immigration would be like spitting on all their graves.

This country was built on the backs of immigrants and slaves which instills in me the belief that even more central than freedom, there is no ideal more core to the United States as a nation than immigration.

Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by neverbehind on Saturday May 23, 2026 @08:40PM (#48253116)
Right, so don't answer any of the questions and just get on your soapbox about how persecuted your special interest group is. What a shocker the rest of the country is growing tired of your antics.
Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by slg on Saturday May 23, 2026 @09:17PM (#48253358)
You blow an impressive dog whistle.
Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by happytoexplain on Sunday May 24, 2026 @01:03AM (#48254545)
This isn't substantive.
Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by array_key_first on Sunday May 24, 2026 @12:28AM (#48254372)
The rest of the country is also made of immigrants, if not their generation than one past. That includes white people, and that includes me, a white man.

Know your place as an American. This has always been a country made up of immigrants, a melting pot. To suggest otherwise is anti-American. Anti-americans like yourself feel welcome because of who is in the white house, but make no mistake: you do not belong here with those beliefs.

There are many, many countries which aspire to a boring white hegemony. Go there, be happy, leave the Americans alone.

Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by happytoexplain on Sunday May 24, 2026 @12:57AM (#48254512)
It's not helpful to tell citizens to "know their place" and leave their country and claim that people of a given race are boring and call people who love America "anti-American".

On HN of all places.

Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by array_key_first on Sunday May 24, 2026 @01:07AM (#48254565)
I'm a white American, but my lineage, like yours, is one of immigrants. I did not come here on the mayflower, and neither did you.

You do not love America. You love what you wish America would be. But what America is, is a country composed of immigrants; a melting pot. It's been that way since our very conception and continued into the 20th century.

And, given you do not love what America is, perhaps you do not belong here, and that's fine. As I've stated, there's plenty of white hegemony countries available.

I mean, frankly, I don't know how you could possibly think that's ever been America. Because where I grew up, it was always colorful, from my earliest memories.

And, to be clear, this is a second person you. This applies to everyone who holds these deplorable anti-American beliefs.

Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by neverbehind on Sunday May 24, 2026 @11:22AM (#48257998)
You must truly live in that nice colorful bubble you mentioned. I bet CNN/MSNBC is running 24/7 in the background within it.
Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by array_key_first on Sunday May 24, 2026 @08:00PM (#48262252)
Yes, I must listen to CNN because I stand with the principles that formed this country and that provided us our prosperity. Please, get lost.
Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by dang on Monday May 25, 2026 @03:49PM (#48270861)
Please don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by tomhow on Monday May 25, 2026 @03:08PM (#48270462)
Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.

When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."

Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community.

Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by happytoexplain on Monday May 25, 2026 @03:02PM (#48270394)
Please, please don't do this. Don't fall into this horrific hatefulness on HN - telling people they don't love their country, that they don't belong in it. Experiment with it elsewhere, and return when you have reflected on what it does to you.
Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by dang on Monday May 25, 2026 @03:50PM (#48270872)
You crossed into personal attack here, as well as repeatedly perpetuating the flamewar in this thread. Both of those things are against the site guidelines, regardless of how badly other commenters may be behaving. Please don't.

If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here, we'd appreciate it.