Well, this is one of those "red meats" that gets conservatives into power that is BS:
Not so much red meat, but straw men.
1. Immigrants cause more crime and will rape our women - Ban them;
The far left pretends that immigration is a binary switch - either you support unrestricted mass migration or you are an anti-immigration xenophobe. The reality is very different of course.
My position is not to ban immigrants, but to have sane immigration policy.
1. Have immigration quotas set at a reasonable number and stick to it. Illegal immigration should not be tolerated.
2. All immigrants should be vetted. What Germany did, taking in a million migrants without checking them out at all, is suicidal.
3. They should be deported if they exhibit extremist tendencies or commit serious crimes. Unfortunately it is almost impossible to deport mass migrants from Europe, even if they commit serious crimes, due to idiotic court decisions.
2. Muslim terrorist hordes kill thousands of Americans per year - Ban them;
What I said about immigration in general above applies of course to Muslim immigration as well.
That said, who is against banning terrorists from immigrating?
Take
Rasmea Odeh. It is well that she got finally deported but she should never have been allowed to immigrate, much less granted citizenship.
3. Democrats always increase the deficit, elect the fiscally prudent republicans;
4. Global warming is a myth.
5. Protecting national monuments harms coal workers
6. Americans can't compete against the world, we need to build a wall
More ridiculous strawmen.
Sure, if somebody disagrees with the Left on mass migration, that automatically means they must believe climate change is a hoax. That's a straw man so big you could make it the centerpiece at Burning Man.
