25th February 2021, 10:04 AM
I've been very frustrated with Biden the past week. Granted, we all knew a lot of it was coming. He ran on a lot of conservative positions after all. It's still... frustrating.
But as for putting the latest crop of teens in cages, again? That's just bad optics, and there are better ways! Yes, the kids need to be taken care of. Why do you need to lock them in place though? They aren't a flight risk, they aren't even being accused of anything. They showed up, that's it!
Yes, Biden's reasoning for locking them up is far FAR better than what Trump's was, and they are no longer separating families. These are improvements, to be sure, but it could be a LOT better.
Anyway, on the other side of the aisle, you have a lot of people complaining about Biden providing a path to citizenship. That kinda puts the lie to the notion that they "only care about them doing it legally" doesn't it? Literally the only reason they could object to making it easier for refugees to become legal citizens is racism. That's the only one.
But as for putting the latest crop of teens in cages, again? That's just bad optics, and there are better ways! Yes, the kids need to be taken care of. Why do you need to lock them in place though? They aren't a flight risk, they aren't even being accused of anything. They showed up, that's it!
Yes, Biden's reasoning for locking them up is far FAR better than what Trump's was, and they are no longer separating families. These are improvements, to be sure, but it could be a LOT better.
Anyway, on the other side of the aisle, you have a lot of people complaining about Biden providing a path to citizenship. That kinda puts the lie to the notion that they "only care about them doing it legally" doesn't it? Literally the only reason they could object to making it easier for refugees to become legal citizens is racism. That's the only one.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)