Immigration--Just Another Made-Up Crisis And What It Really Means

"Party Perspective," by Herr D on Paint3d. Perspective is exactly what everyone needs instead of the still-fashionable 'alternative facts' or fenty. Apparently, both fashions cloud judgement.-Shelob

[excerpted from chat]

 perspective What do you mean?

Well, the border crisis isn't a crisis, just like the last several 'crises' cooked up by a party. How do you classify it?

Immigration is ongoing. We wouldn't have an America at all if people didn't tend to come here from somewhere else. And is it worse now?

Well, fenty is worse. Other drugs have subsided a bit. You're not hearing about as many heroin or coke deaths because people are dying of a more fashionable drug. That nurse practitioner from the ER told us so. And crime?

The stats YOU showed me said crime is down. It is, and yet people are complaining that it has risen.

That's a Trump-style complaint--no facts, all feeling. How does that happen?

People getting relief don't complain; they rest. People who individually suffer more, complain more.  And those crossing are not greater in number?

No there ARE more. LOTS more. Every good president we've had has spurred more immigration. Many have said it was because of weakness.

No. People come here because they can have hope. They come here when they can tell we are flourishing well under a good leader. When they see humanitarianism and an economy that can help them TOO, they come in. Why would ANYONE have walked 3000 miles to listen to Trump's hate speech and be more underemployed than usual? Why would the cartels be trying to sell fenty to people who obviously couldn't afford it? Coke was historically never such a problem until Reaganomics brought gas below $.70 a gallon. Congress fighting Carter the boy scout and OPEC in revenge for Carter threatening certain countries to stop them torturing the American hostages? They were wrecking the American economy. Gas was near 3$ a gallon and people were so desperate to get a hit they were shooting up with Borax or huffing ammonia. Immigration was down some under Carter, too.  You are saying immigration rises for good leadership?

No. I would say it's about perspective. People dumb enough to think Trump WOULD be a good leader instead of a soul-sucking narcissist kept pouring in until they heard back otherwise from whoever they trusted. That takes time. Cartels will take any market they can. They were a little less in the news during Trump's debacle of a presidency because Trump makes a fantastic decoy. But Trump famously HIRED LESS PEOPLE TO THE FED THAN ANYONE. He was too busy twittering nonsense, inflating his ego, stacking the Supreme Court, committing nepotism, and racking up more felonies. So he's the reason we have fewer border guards in the first place! He also trashed the bill that would've helped 'the situation.' So, rather than a crisis, you are calling it a situation.

When you have a great host, the party wants to grow, including the bad elements. The Republican party?

No. It's a metaphor. nevermind. [exits to chess game]