Author Topic: Right/Left Identity Politics  (Read 1735 times)

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Offline TimG

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Re: Right/Left Identity Politics
« on: August 30, 2017, 04:04:48 pm »
Except of course the Democrats weren't proposing 'unfettered immigration'.
Semantics make no difference - they want make immigration easier which means it will repel those that don't believe immigration is good.

But here's the thing... things like 'sanctuary cities' don't often impact rural voters.
Encouraging illegal immigration affects all voters. Your attempt to dismiss valid concerns over to the consequences of condoning illegal behavior is a good example of the tone deaf attitudes of democrats that lead to their loss to Trump.

I'm pretty sure that everyone wants the police to prevent crime. (Well, except for maybe the anarchists.) Its how that crime is prevented that is an issue, and tactics that unfairly target one group (such as stop and frisk) are themselves racist.
If a particular minority group is responsible for a disproportionate share of the crime then many fact based enforcement measures will fall disproportionately on that group. That does not mean the enforcement measure is unreasonable.

In any case, this is not about defending any individual opinion - just to illustrate how the left views anyone who disagrees with them as evil. You are doing an excellent job of proving my point.