Saturday, August 2, 2014

Conservatism is always on the wrong side of history

The unbelievably ugly reaction of the right wing to desperate children seeking help at the southern border is just the latest clash of competing views of what 
America stands for.

On the one hand, we have “liberal” America in which the richest nation in the history of the world can easily afford to take in and shelter children fleeing the extreme violence of their homelands. An America that was built on immigration. An America that was once known as “The Melting Pot.” An America that would never even contemplate sending a child back to a country where their lives are in immediate danger.

On the other hand, we have “conservative” America in which the richest nation in the history of the world can’t afford one single more child with brown skin no matter how crappy their native country is. here
Except if they are fleeing Castro

Tthe Cuban Adjustment Act

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