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Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Attacks Tanton Anti-Immigrant Network's 'Shocking Extremism'

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wrenchwench2/10/2014 11:30:16 am PST

re: #7 jvic

For most of my adult life I have gotten a sense that the powers that be are flat-out lying about the need for immigration.

Born to refugee parents, I consider myself well-disposed to immigration, but afaic the p.t.b. never give an intellectually honest picture of the tradeoffs. Ditto for too many advocates of legalization or amnesty or guest work or whatever it’s called nowadays.

The need for immigration is a matter of opinion. The results are matters of fact. Immigration makes our country and our economy stronger.

As for racism, there would be less of it if so many white middle-class Americans weren’t feeling vulnerable and scared and dispossessed. Some of their complaints are legitimate. So far there has been no major figure to advocate for them (afaic the likes of Buchanan, Palin and Huckabee lack the gravitas and are too obviously self-interested). If someone like that emerges, especially if they can build bridges to a critical mass of nonwhite voters, the results could be tectonic.

Barack Obama got elected twice. It has happened. The results have been tectonic.

Racism schmacism: Americans have always loathed each other. I’ll worry if interracial marriages fall sharply.

That’s an irresponsible attitude. Fewer people die when racism is opposed, more people die when racism is encouraged.