free speech takes a hit

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by somerfrost

Wrong is wrong regardless of one's past, but to understand what is happening, one needs an understanding of history and an understanding of the forces at work here...blaming the poor never does any good. Yes, we need to somehow work with the Mexican government...that's where statesmanship comes in, of course they'd rather see folks leave. No, it's not black and white, liberal and conservative but we know why different types of folks resist meaningful reform. I agree that we need an orderly process and we must fix a clearly broken system...my only dog in this fight is that we won't accomplish that by demonizing the poor! And yes, I have always admitted that I consider all folks my brothers and sisters, we can't fix the world but we can do a lot more. Thinking that we can close our borders and hide from the world's problems is what is naive! Everytime this debate comes up, it focuses on the "criminal aliens" instead of the causes...treat the symptoms while ignoring the disease!

You say poor, I saw lawbreakers. I am able to differentiate the two. There are poor people who are legal, and poor people who are lawbreakers.

I am all about helping the poor, I am not all about helping criminals...whether they are poor or not.

The "criminal aliens" are the cause of this problem, Somer. The argument is about illegal immigration. If there were no illegal immigrants, the debate would not occur. Illegal, being the key word here.