Somehow this is totally different than when Trump did it. The main difference is that this guy isn't Trump doing it. That's actually the only difference but somehow the person that does it changes everything.
No more kids in cages?
No! More kids in cages!
So when the actual policy being discussed is mentioned, gone are the days of “kids in cages,” “separating families,” or any mention of the actual human stakes Democratic partisans once referenced when countering the anti-immigrant rhetoric of Trump. Democrats are now, by their own telling, to the right of Republicans, so, in coverage of the issue, not only are the migrant voices of those impacted by the right-wing pivot silenced, but the actual details of this so-called “border deal” remain as anodyne and vague as possible. After all, this is a clever triangulation wedge issue, not a real-world policy that will negatively impact real humans, and actually describing the human stakes would muddy up this fun horse race framing.
I dislike John Oliver a lot now, but he had a very good point; if you want to do something evil undetected, you do it in a boring manner
I think I remember this line. First few episodes of the show, about net neutrality. "Apple could hide the entire text of Mein Kampf in the iTunes terms of service and people would be furiously clicking 'Agree, agree!' "
To think I once considered voting for Biden in the hopes of him reducing the suffering inflicted on these people. They just view these folks as props in the Punch and Judy show that they put on for capital. I'm glad I never voted for this monster.
This is totally different. The bigots proposing it have blue lawn signs instead of red ones.
BUT THE KIDS IN CAGES THOUGH WE HAVE TO VOTE BIDEN FOR THEM
Libs think 'harm reduction' is doing what conservatives want to do, but waiting 10 years to do it.
In short, the bill would: violate the Refugee Convention by closing the border to people seeking safety after a certain number of people have already arrived; dramatically expand the use of immigration detention to punish those who try to seek asylum with incarceration; exacerbate humanitarian and operational challenges at the border; and make asylum largely un-obtainable for those who are permitted to request it at ports of entry.
You can appeal to the reactionaries as much as you want, they will never support you lmao. ez loss incoming
Real "we gotta get more racist" hours
I thought border bill was red meat for republicans to get money for the dogs of the empire? Now its a separate, still good, idea? fascinating
Good point.
If you don't vote for Biden, Trump will use this bill to do bad things instead of good things.
Democrats aim to tag the G.O.P. as the culprit in its failure.
Oh, I love it.
"Hey look these people aren't being fascist enough!"
"The ultra left communists aren't going far enough to address the immigration problem plaguing our great nation"
Secure the border
Secure it from who Joe, ze Germans?
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