DiscoGary wrote:
Liberals fail to see the difference between promoting immigration policies which would be good for Americans and racism. Every policy disagreement is just another chance to call someone a racist. This is why you lost. People are sick of it.
And conservatives fail to see the similarities between promoting immigration from wealthy, predominantly white countries to the exclusion of others and racism.
I know empathy is difficult for you, but imagine you are a Somali/Mexican/Haitian/whatever immigrant who came here legally and just became an American citizen. The President of your new country says that he doesn't want people from your native country moving here. He calls it a sh*thole and implies that anyone who comes from it is somehow tainted and undesirable. He wants people from *better* countries (which also happen to be mostly white). Millions of your supposed countrymen enthusiastically agree with him. Do you feel welcome in this country? Do you feel your children will be safe in this country? We don't have to call it racist if that's just going to send you into a dither. But it is mean. It's undeniably, incredibly, inexcusably, pathetically mean, and terrible for a country that used to pride itself on being a melting pot and a land of opportunity for people seeking better lives.
And you have nothing to say about it but, "God I hope this is true"? Come on!
That's really what it all boils down to these days, isn't? Basic decency vs. base meanness? Liberals think everyone should have access to healthcare like in every other developed country, and conservatives call them moocher enablers. Liberals oppose dropping bombs on foreign countries for no good reason, conservatives call them pvssies. Liberals support progressive taxation, conservatives tell us that people with less money are just lazier. Liberals want young adults who grew up here but aren't legal residents to be allowed to stay, conservatives want to kidnap them and ship them to a countries they no longer have ties to. Liberals think gay people should be able to marry the people they love, conservatives think the homos are evil and gross and would greatly prefer if they stayed in the closet. Liberals want to protect and preserve wildlife, conservatives want to shoot it. The list goes on.
Maybe people are tired of being called racist. But I think a lot more people are getting tired of red-in-the-face dickweeds choosing their political opinions based on what "triggers" liberals the most.