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When you refer to the LGBT community as "whatever you wanna call yourself", your statement becomes less a support of gay rights and more of a variant of "I'm not a racist but......"
They are living here illegally. No shit the government has become hostile to them. Should they be handed coffee and donuts at the border?
Should he offer to take selfies with the ones crossing illegally instead?
Wait....wait....wait, what?
You were here illegally. You're here under DACA. As there's no path to citizenship for DACA immigrants, how the hell are you voting?
You can feel free to return to whatever country you were born in. I understand you were not brought here through your own choice, but that doesn't mean the US government owes you a free ride, either.
There are numerous issues with this statement, but I'll just sum it up by once again saying that the US government doesn't owe you a damn thing. You came here illegally. By your own admission, you're still here (technically) illegally. Heck, you're voting illegally. Stop acting as if the government owes you something for being here illegally.
Neither side was right. Hamas literally fucked around and found out. They killed, what, 1400 people and took 200+ hostages in an unprovoked attack. Did they think Israel was going to thank them for visiting? Israel is literally surrounded by countries who believe that it doesn't have the right to exist and that its citizens should be exterminated. They are the geopolitical equivalent of a cornered/wounded animal. Ever see how a cornered animal reacts when it feels threatened? It was always known that if Hamas or Hezbollah pulled a stunt like that, Israel was going to lash out. They attacked anyway, and now act like they're the victims because Israel retaliated.
No, I'm not a fan of how Israel retaliated. They continue to attack blind, with no regard for the difference between Hamas and civillians. They've killed thousands of civillians in the process. Their retaliation has clearly been disproportionate. They are just as in the wrong for their retaliation as Hamas was for attacking in the first place. But when you launch unprovoked attacks against a regional superpower that outclasses you by orders of magnitude and say that they don't have the right to exist, you can't be surprised when they go full blitzkrieg on your ass in response.
I'm a citizen now. I was illegal from 5-22
This country, especially specific states, wouldn't run without labor from illegals. Inflation would go up because Americans simply don't work as hard and demand more $. The people running this country don't actually want that to happen so they play a game where they're anti-illegal but don't make any significant moves to get rid of them.
They're a perfect population. A silent group that pays taxes, doesn't pull from welfare, commits much less crime than Americans, and isn't politically active.
That's why people like Trump will shout on and on about a wall when he actually knows the majority of illegals are visa overstays coming on planes. If ICE wanted to, they could deport every illegal tomorrow. I've seen the files from an immigration attorney. They have profiles of everyone.
As for Israel v Gaza. Your same argument can be made to justify Hamas's terror attack. Israel has been killing Palestinians for decades. Therefore in self defense they attack Israel and the dead civilians are an unnecessary evil to pay because the Palestinians have a right to exist.
I personally think that civilians don't deserve to die. Especially thousands of children. There are diplomatic solutions here.
Reality is though, Israel is the aggressor and doesn't want a diplomatic solution. The Hamas terror attack was appalling but if you look at the numbers, the number of dead Palestinian civilians dwarfs whatever Hamas did.
The Palestinians are simply not strong enough to break free on their own. They will continue to get slowly exterminated unless something changes. This is the logic behind Hamas's suicide attack. They either do something now or die.
this is the type of country we support? Russia bombed a hospital and killed 4 people the president is talking about war crimes this and collective punishment that. Putin even got tried in the ICC.
But when Israel does it the best he can do is say that Israel has a right to "self-defense" and give Netanyahu a big hug? Why do we bend over backwards and risk WW3 for such a country?